Antonio is a driver. He travels across the roads on a life on his own, made of fantasy and suggestions. Maria the impossible love to conquer, the epitome of a modern "it's complicated" girl. But how can you such a strong feeling? This time it's love driving Antonio out of it's imaginary immature world.Music ( heck out talented Ludovico Einaudi works http://www.einaudiwebsite.com ) and lights (here he's a Gisueppe Piccioni interview for Terna's web magazine "Eye on Energy" http://tiny.sm/piccioni ) blends into one arising as a real character.Gisueppe Piccioni shooting it's as brilliant and vibrant as falling in love.

...I would think this was a great movie.The feeling of loneliness in a crowd is probably familiar to most of people at some point of their life, but going through the whole life with it on their shoulders is not an easy task, and many people are unhappy enough to know what I'm talking about.The last paragraph of Charles Joe Agnes comment is a great description of it. This is not only the basic truth of this movie, but of many people's destinies as well.That's why the end of the movie is hard to accept. ***SPOILERS*** Almost as if it was added to satisfy the happy-end loving audience (like Charles Dickens' unnatural ending of 'Great Expectations'.) A couple of minutes before the end all the losers are in their usual position: they have nothing now and nothing to hope for in future. Maria (finally) lost her daughter, what she was afraid of all the time. Lisa has to live with her grandparents against her wishes, but it was a logical destiny (once social workers put you under surveillance...). Her grandparents did legally win, but it was a Pyrrhic victory to have the girl who doesn't want to be there, who doesn't like them very much and now will most likely start to hate them for what they did. And, of course Antonio, always polite and ready to help friends, but never giving himself completely till he met Maria, now rejected by her, fired by his friendly boss, he has to collect pieces of his life and probably never ever open himself again.Wouldn't it been an ending that would fit in real life of real people that movie shows and Charles Joe Agnes writes about? ***NO MORE SPOILERS*** Otherwise this is movie that could be recommended to people who can take their time to watch a slow, beautiful and clever movie, a modern Italian film that has finally left Fellini traditions and follows Tornatore's paths.

The title of this film "Luce dei miei occhi" translates from Italian to English to mean "Through the light of my eyes" and how appropriate. This is one of the most realistic movies that reflects the true nature of how cruel and one sided some relationships and liaisons can be. Most movies of this genre are so predictable and to some extent,- extremely unrealistic, simply because men are always portrayed as the selfish cold hearted instigator to jeopardize relationships. What makes this movie more unique is that there is no third party to cause rivalry for this woman's affection.Without giving too much away, we have here a lonely taxi driver who is a true gentleman with honourable intentions, that falls for a single mother (of a young daughter) who remains coldly indifferent to his love and commendable contributions. She runs a frozen food store and he eventually learns that she is heavily in debt to some loan shark, so he decides to help with payments without her knowledge. He goes to extreme lengths to help her by also striking some deal in chauffeuring her creditor. In the movie, he narrates his experiences by modeling similarities to the themes of non related events in some Science fiction novels,which are his other passion and that he feels like an alien from another planet without any sense of belonging.Although she is not at fault for her lack of affection towards him, this movie can be extrapolated further, because it does not have to be just the lack of appreciation from a woman towards a man's love, but the lack of appreciation from any other person, purely due to a missing charm. I am not one to be blown away by love stories, however, there is a moral to this movie that generalizes beyond a conjugal relationship, which affects us all in one way or another, even if it may be just between siblings. This demonstrates that it is not what you do for another to be appreciated, but whether they like you or not. Many of us can relate to this fact whether it is for affection from a partner, appreciation for contributions towards the workplace that go beyond the call of duty, countless efforts towards a friendship or even time towards a charitable cause. It is not what you do for a cause, but whether the recipient likes you or not.

how could you evaluate the suggestion to enjoy the vision of a movie like this, winning the awards for best actors in Venice Festival(both male LoCascio and female Ceccarelli) but also with some Italian pro critics defining it a half delusion? My opinion is the pro had seen another movie, there was a mistake during their private vision, otherwise there is no explanation. This movie is pure poetry, I've seen it twice, at cinema and at home, and always my feeling was comparable with the state of grace that vision of masterpieces give me. The story is about a woman(with a young daughter) and a man, their normal life, aspiring just a bit of happiness, a human contact in a world in which sometimes we fell alien(a constant recall in this movie). The plot is complete, practically perfect. Enjoy it the more when you need a gentle fondling, we are not alone.