Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna, Gigio Alberti, Ugo Conti

Director: Gabriele Salvatores

Summary: Set during World War II, the story follows eight Italian soldiers sent to guard a small Greek island. After their ship is sunk and their radio breaks down, it seems as if they no longer exist. Eventually a small Italo/Greek community is formed and the locals forget why they came. The soldiers' characters and beliefs start to change and they have no desire to return to the war. Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, 1992. Italian dialogue.

MEDITERRANEO is an enchanting story about a group of Italian soldiers who are sent to invade a remote Greek island during World War II, but become stranded and forgotten by the Italian military. Soon they realise they're not stuck in such a bad place with sand, sea, prostitutes, drink and drugs. This charming, stunningly idyllic film won the 1992 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

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Mediterraneo, the 1991 comedy by Gabriele Salvatores, was knocked for not being deep enough but it is what it is; and it is actually an easygoing, sunny movie about eight Italian soldiers who manage to strand themselves on a tiny Greek island paradise during World War II. The sort of mutts who would shoot a donkey for not knowing the proper password, these clumsy warriors become a comic variation on the Lotus Eaters of myth, their fighting spirit evaporated in the midst of so much beauty and sexual availability among the local women. There are also sundry opportunities for the men to find another purpose for their lives (one particularly artistic fellow works on the restoration of a church, for example). Amid the sometimes coarse jokes and gratuitous nudity, there are subtle themes about the contrast between what men are truly like in their natural state versus what they are like as killers. (The Thin Red Linethis isn't but Salvatores does, in his own way, touch on some of the same themes.) Watch this one on a cold winter's day and vicariously enjoy the tans as well as the antiwar sentiment. --Tom Keogh

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	Italian
Region:	Region 2
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1992
Release Date:	June 14, 2004
Runtime:	86 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C C D 9012
Keywords:	Subtitled, Off, General, Italian, Drama, Mediterraneo, Schedule
Genre:	Drama