Background"Misunderstood", or "Incompresa" in its initial type, is a 2014 Italian movie directed by Asia Argento. The movie had its premiere at the 67th Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. The 1980s-set drama concentrates on the turbulent life and experiences of a young girl named Aria, who is handling the battles and emotional turmoil of her inefficient household.
PlotThe film unfolds in Rome of the '80s, where nine-year-old Aria, played by Giulia Salerno, struggles to find her place in the middle of her narcissistic parents' untidy divorce. Aria's parents, a fading rock star dad (Gabriel Garko) and an egotistical starlet mother (Charlotte Gainsbourg), continuously overlook and marginalize her whilst they are hectic indulging in their careless lives.
Aria bounces between her mother and daddy's houses, attesting to their outrageous behaviours and lack of responsibility, along with their love affairs. She has actually a cat named Dac and 2 older siblings-- Lucretia from her mom's previous marital relationship and Donatina from her father's-- an untraditional power dynamic that causes Aria being regularly overlooked and neglected.
Aria seeks solitarily in composing and her connection with Dac, which use her reprieve from her harsh reality. Nevertheless, when Dac is eliminated and her works mocked and burned by her mom, Aria spirals into abandonment, heartbreak, and anguish.
Artistic Style and Themes"Misunderstood" paints a whimsical and melancholy coming-of-age tale embedded within the mayhem and selfishness of its adult characters. Director Asia Argento frames Aria's world with elements of wonderful realism, fairy tale images, and an unique 80s pop-culture soundtrack, underlining both the joy and pain of Aria's youth in an unpredictable domestic setting.
The movie grapples with themes of control, acceptance, and love, with a strong focus on the emotional chaos of a child's point of view in the midst of familial discord. Aria looks for control over her own story, acceptance from her problematic moms and dads, and genuine love-- something she only completely experiences with her cat, Dac.
Vital Reception"Misunderstood" was met a combined important reception. Some hailed Asia Argento's brave exploration of childhood and family dysfunction, praising the performances of the cast, especially young Giulia Salerno. Others discovered the movie's tone and viewpoint tough to navigate, with its whimsical design often clashing with the raw and stressful material.
However, the consensus was that "Misunderstood" is an emotionally challenging and at times challenging movie that provides a deeply individual, if somewhat unflinching, representation of a troubled childhood.
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