Questa notte è ancora nostra

(2008)

★ 5.5 IMDb · 108 votes

Genres: Romance, Comedy, Music

Year: 2008

Runtime: 98 мин

Country: Italy

Director: Paolo Genovese, Luca Miniero

Cast: Nicolas Vaporidis, Valentina Izumi, Massimiliano Bruno, Ilaria Spada, Maurizio Mattioli, Franco Califano, Paola Tiziana Cruciani, Хал Яманоути, Taiyo Yamanouchi, Zhang Feifei

Plot

When a producer refuses to cut Massimo and his band a record unless they hire an "ethnic" singer to spice up the act, he tries to seduce Jing, a Chinese girl with a beautiful voice disinterested in both him and rock, to get her on board. She pretends to cave in in order to escape an arranged marriage, but in the weeks preceding the concert the two begin to grow closer, complicating the secretly fake nature of their relationship.

The perfect movie to see with friends in a boring Saturday afternoon sipping apple juice and eating popcorns: quite funny, light-hearted, with enough romance to soften the atmosphere, banal and easily forgettable. Yeah, forgettable, because a week after you have already forgotten it. Anyway, it manages to entertain for 90 minutes: you know, Rome's people is always nice and Rome is always absolutely beautiful. Nicolas Vaporidis is slightly better than in "Notte prima degli esami oggi" and shows good skills as a singer (songs by Daniele Silvestri, inimitable Italian songwriter); besides, he displays good chemistry with his chubby mate Andrea (Massimiliano Bruno) and with the gracious Chinese girl Jing (Valentina Izumi, Rome accent and almond eyes). Definitely better than other teen movies made in Italy.