The Ideal City
2013 · IMDB 6.4 · 354 VOTES · DIR. Luigi Lo Cascio
Overview
Actor turned director Luigi Lo Cascio stars as the talented architect and fervent environmentalist Michele who has moved from Palermo to his ideal city, Siena. He holds a successful job and is living out a dream experiment of functioning one year without running water or electricity. Not surprisingly, he also displays a passionate opposition to cars and driving. One evening, after being forced to borrow his boss’ car in order to collect a colleague for a work function, Michele’s life takes an unexpected turn. In the blinding rain Michele hits something he cannot identify. After leaving a note on a parked car he believes he damaged, he continues down the road only to come across a dead body a few miles down which he later discovers belongs to one of Siena’s most important luminaries. Michele immediately calls the police, but in doing so, he unwittingly brings intense suspicion on himself as his uncertainty raises more questions than he has answers for.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,170 lines
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00:00:49 RAlNSTORM
00:06:27 - You know l don't have a car. - Take one of mine.
00:13:46 Hi Simona, l'll be a little late.
00:17:59 l have to put it in the report.
00:23:33 lf someone's involved in an accident, what should he do ?
00:26:50 This symbolic dump site of objects we can do without
00:29:58 The waiting's been terrible.
00:33:38 we can't just jump into the fray.
00:36:56 Did you hit Mr. Sansoni ?
00:39:53 The visibility was very poor.
00:43:42 - What's your name ? - Renzullo.
00:47:19 Why ?
00:51:24 l don't know ifwhat happened to me will seem exciting.
00:55:26 howwill our descendents cook their meals
01:01:46 Don't worry about Chen, he must stay till the end of the evening.
01:06:00 A student, a young woman.
01:09:09 a pig.
01:13:12 Flow ?
01:16:08 And what's more, they were all actors
01:22:40 The mayor's here.
01:26:20 His owner once said to me:
01:30:40 Never being believed can drive you insane.
01:33:34 There.
100:00:00 staring at you.