46th Locarno International Film Festival

The movie, with rich and colourful humour, asks for mutual respect and tolerance, as well as for self-criticism, through the exposure of racism, sexism, and the oppressive traits of tradition. Avoiding any simplistic solution, the film offers new, optimistic perspectives.

The director, whose style is highly personal and notable for a sense of harmony and tenderness, reasserts the value of dialogue for a couple who refuses to surrender to failure.

For the dynamism and daring that the heroine displays in order to bring together people who are not considered normal by others.