Kaos

This five-part film from Italy's Taviani brothers is, like so many multistoried pictures, a beautiful work in some instances, while other moments are less successful. In KAOS the Tavianis have adapted four stories of Luigi Pirandello, then added a fictional epilog in which the author confronts the spirit of his dead mother. "The Other Son" deals with a woman, Margarita Lozano, who is the mother of three boys. Two have emigrated to the US while the third has remained with her. Yet despite his devotion to her, she despises the boy. "Moonstruck" is the unfortunate story of a young wife whose husband goes mad whenever there is a full moon. She seeks the advice of a han...