Hechizo de Luna – 1987 – Español – Comedia – Romántico
Hechizo de Luna – 1987 – Español
Película dirigida en 1987 por Norman Jewison, y protagonizada por Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia, John Mahoney, Julie Bovasso…
Sinopsis: Loretta, una viuda de origen italiano que vive en Nueva York, decide casarse con Johnny, un soltero de mente débil a quien maneja a voluntad. De repente, Johnny tiene que ir a Sicilia a visitar a su madre enferma; Luego le pide a Loretta que se encargue de invitar a la boda a su hermano Ronnie, de quien se ha distanciado durante mucho tiempo.
Review: This is certainly in my top-10 favorite movies. It is so filled with poetry and smart humor that the only possible weakness could be that it’s too good! I mean, it’s so funny and touching throughout that I worry I’m being manipulated by a master of narrative so powerful that I’m overwhelmed. When every scene seems classic then surely it’s a cliché, no? Well, anyway, that’s my irrational worry. The only lapse in its logic and flow that I can see is that Johnny says he can’t get married now because his mother will die. But, wait a minute, didn’t she get better because he was getting married? Riddle me this, my friends. That’s always bothered me. On the other hand, you can take Nick Cage’s speech outside of his apartment and set it to verse and it’s a work of passionate art! “We are meant to love the wrong people, etc., etc. ” Wham! Beautiful! The ending is my fave, the reconciliation, the links to history & family. Beautiful! Who doesn’t wan’t to be an Italian (or at least a member of an Italianish family) after seeing this movie? I’ve been moonstruck for almost 20 years over this flick. Only a smack across the kisser by Cher could snap me out of it. I should be so lucky…