Young, semi-slacker Matteo is at the point in life where a number of options and life pathways remain open. Rushing to the hospital with an injured friend one night, he accidentally rear-ends a police car. But what if he hadn’t? Playing with weighty issues of fate and destiny and the violent impulse, this imaginative film dramatizes the different circumstances for its protagonist as determined by a pivotal moment. Referencing the French New Wave (The 400 Blows especially), director Aronadio has made a serious and provocative work depicting the narrowing of options facing today’s youth in Italy.


Due vite per caso, Italy 2010, 88 min. Written by Alessandro Aronadio, Marco Bosonetto. Photographed by Mario Amura. With Lorenzo Balducci, Isabella Ragonese, Ivan Franek, Riccardo Cicogna. Intramovies.