spoilers obviously

the first 99% of the movie is a beautiful story about Delia, a woman in post-war Rome working up the courage to leave her abusive husband, Ivano. he treats her like trash and so does his father, who lives with them and their three kids. the oldest is a daughter, Marcella, who gets engaged to Giulio, the son of a much richer family, but the engagement gets broken off when SPOILER Delia detects signs that Giulio will abuse Marcella the way Ivano abuses her and then convinces a friend of hers in the US military police stationed in the city to blow up Giulio's fathers cafe.

this is incredibly based, direct action gets the goods. the movie literally shows that destroying property is cool and good. this is critical for understanding why i was so disappointed with this film

throughout the film Delia is considering leaving her husband to move to the north of Italy with Nino, a mechanic with whom she had a fling when they were much younger. the day he's leaving arrives and Delia's plans to escape go awry when her father in law dies, delaying her exit and making it impossible for her to escape to the north with Nino. at the wake, Marcella says to her friend "there's still tomorrow" and we the audience think, great, she's not gonna let this stop her, go off queen.

BUT NO. holy SHIT no. the next morning Delia sneaks out early and changes into nice clothes and puts on make-up, leading us to believe she'll still be able to find Nino. unfortunately she leaves her ticket at home, and Ivano finds it and tracks her through the city. he finds her in line to get on a train north and then BAM we find out she's not in line for a train, she's in line to fucking . that's right, her solution to her husband beating her and humiliating her is not to run away with a man who clearly loves her and with whom she could start a new life. no no no, she fucking VOTES her problems away, and the film doesn't even tell us who she voted for! because it doesnt matter, what matters is that you

FUCKKKKK they made a great movie and then took a huge shit on it in the last 2 minutes. i swear to god i've never hated a movie this much. pure liberalism, so disrespectful to all the women who have suffered through abusive relationships. fucking sickening, 0/10

tldr: they made : the movie and it fucking sucks

Death to America