cinema
Me and You
Nearly ten years on from his last film, the art house hit The Dreamers (introducing the world to Eve Green) Bernardo Bertolucci is back. He tells the story of Lorenzo, a troubled Italian teenage boy, who tells his parents he is off on a skiing trip only to hide out in the crummy basement flat under the family home. However before you can say Home Alone 6: Lost In Rome, he finds his older sister is using the flat to go cold turkey on her heroin addiction. Based on the novel by Niccolo Ammaniti, the film is not easy to watch with its themes of abuse and drugs...in fact, it is remarkable that the youth of the content is no match for Bertolucci's verve. For atmosphere that'll bring you out in sweats; intense, line-blurring relationships; and a cinematic experience instead of a film, Bertolucci's still your man. / David Cadwallader
