Mediterraneo (1991)

Directed by

Gabriele Salvatores

Genre

drama film, comedy film, war film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

13

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 1,074 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, a small group of Italian soldiers is sent to a Greek island but quickly forgotten by their commanders. They settle into a peaceful life with the locals, forming friendships and romances as the war passes them by.

gentlewarmcomedicslow-pacednostalgicsun-soakedbittersweetunderstated

What happens

Mediterraneo is a 1991 Italian war comedy-drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores and written by Enzo Monteleone. The film is set during World War II and concerns a group of Italian soldiers who become stranded on an island of the Italian Dodecanese in the Aegean Sea, and are left behind by the war. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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