That's Amore

Published November 24, 2004

Of all the major European literatures, Italy's is perhaps the least-known in English; a handful of titanic figures notwithstanding, Italian literature has not been particularly well-served by translators over the past 100 years. Michele Placido's film, Un Viaggio Chiamante Amore (A Journey Called Love) may have the effect of sparking curiosity about two charismatic figures of early modernist Italian...