Love, in theory: because the comedy with Nicolas Maupas is to be seen

Make a 90 -minute comedy like Love, in theory Today it has become almost impossible, a bit because now if a film does not last more than two hours it seems that the director suffers from who knows what complex of inferiority, and a bit because it is increasingly rare to find films that have that sweet register that has brought so much luck to our cinema in the golden years. Every now and then, however, some title capable of reminding us that it is still possible to make a pleasant film that also makes you reflect, e Love, in theory, directed by Luca Lucini by a subject by Gennaro Nunziantethe same of the first films of Checco Zalone and the last of Angelo Duro, is the confirmation. Nunziante knows what ropes to touch to arouse certain emotions in the public, but it was the first time that he devoted himself to a younger generationand the risk that could be wrong was high.

However, it was not like that: through a simple story and of good feelings, Love, in theory – produced by Indiana Production and Vision distribution in collaboration with Sky and scripted by Amina Grenci and Teresa Fraioli – is also very enjoyable because of the skill of its protagonists, particularly Nicolas Maupas, that occupies the scene in a splendid way by showing that he has of perfect comic times that no previous project had managed to make him pull out. Through the character of Leone, a brilliant philosophy student who, for his unrequited love for friend Carola (Caterina De Angelis), ends up in trouble, finding himself forced to social services, Maupas makes himself the spokesperson for an incredible life experience that will lead him to transform himself, by a shy and clumsy boy, In a more confident one and finally aware that no one can treat it like a doormat.

Between the proximity to the exuberant Flo (Martina Gatti), strong and free as he will never be, and the unusual friendship with the homeless Meda, brilliantly played by Francesco Salvi, The film tries to investigate not only the freshness of the first loves, but also the loss of a generation that struggles more and more to find one’s place in the world. If Santa maradona by Marco Ponti tried, almost twenty years ago, to tell the crisis and the boredom of twenty -five years old, Love, in theory Try to explain what a boy pushes to close a myriad of possibilities in front of him in the name of prudence and, above all, of a pain to which he managed to survive. The result is a comedy that, beyond the room, we hope it can have so much luck on the platforms Because stories that speak of love, friendship, philosophy and loss in this way are increasingly rare. The only note on the margin: It is a bit difficult to believe that Nicolas Maupas, at 23, has never had a relationship And he has never had a sexual experience, but in this film it is so good that we can pass over.