You Laugh

Some 15 years after the creative success of Kaos, the Tavianis returned to one of their literary touchstones, adapting two contrasting stories by Pirandello. A 1930s-set, musically themed satire opens the film. It is followed by the tougher, but no less involving, story of two kidnappings that take place a century apart. A stunning and richly emotional film: what makes You Laugh so compelling is the way the Tavianis find a common ground between these very different tales.