Review: A Bigger Splash
 

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In the long and varied history of Italian cinema there?s a tradition of brash, effusive films ranging from Federico Fellini?s masterworks (La Dolce Vita) to Sergio Leone?s Spaghetti Westerns (The Good, The Bad and the Ugly). A new generation of Italian directors that includes Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty) and Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love) updates that approach with an emphasis on real human emotion ? not the easy-to-digest kind often served up by Hollywood ? and a willingness to create characters whose flaws and frailties are left intact.?