But Forever In My Mind

Now that Che Guevara has become a fashion icon immortalized on pricey t-shirts (who cares about all that Marxist Revolutionary stuff — he's so cute in that beret!) Gabriele Muccino's sharp-edged comedy is a welcome relief. The plot is pure, typical coming-of-age comedy: Sixteen-year-old Silvio (Silvio Muccino, the director's younger brother and script collaborator) is desperately to lose his virginity and has his sights set on Valentina (Giulia Carmignani), his pal Martino's (Simone Pagani) girlfriend. The backdrop, however, is the stuff of political satire: Silvio's high school has been taken over by student radicals agitating ...