Ciao (2008) directed by Yen Tan

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[elisa_rolle]

Ciao is not a classical romance, and at it you can't apply the classical rule of romance. It's a three way love story, in different stage: Jeff and Mark were best friend, and probably Jeff felt something more for Mark, but Mark didn't have in him to feel the same for Jeff, he was his best friend but not his lover. But this doesn't mean that between Jeff and Mark there wasn't love, on the contrary, the love was even more steady and deep. Meanwhile Mark met Andrea online, and they started a long-distance relationship; it was a nice and beautiful thing, but I think that, from both side, it was not still something real... it was more a love with possibility. And maybe Mark was worried to hurt Jeff, and so he didn't tell him about Andrea. Then Mark suddenly died in a car accident, days before his first planning date with Andrea, that is flying from Italy to Texas to meet him. Jeff is faced with two painful revelation: he has lost his best friend Mark and it's the worst pain, but he has lost also his impossible dream of happiness, since he

[lab_jazz]

I haven't seen this, but I do have Yen Tan's "Happy Birthday". I haven't watched it as yet.

[elisa_rolle]

I believe Ciao is quite different from Happy Together, but since I haven't seen Happy Together, I can't be sure. I for sure can recommend you Ciao. And look at my exclusive intereview with Alessandro Calza, I just posted. Elisa