Caterina va in Citta

What stuck with me the most after viewing this film is all the different family dynamics represented. Caterina's parents for starters. Her mother, Agata, is a housewife, who does mindless work all day and does whatever her husband tells her to do. She has no voice for herself, no dignity. She's fed up with the lack of love she gets from her husband, and by the end of the movie we find out she's having an affair. Caterinas' father, Giancarlo, is the complete opposite. He comes on too strongly to everyone. He forces his opinions on his family and peers, and he takes all of his anger out of his wife. He also uses connections Caterina makes in school to try and move along his career as a writer. All in all, he's not the ideal role-model or father.
The friends Caterina makes at school have just as dysfunctional families. Daniela is the daughter of a right-wing politician father, and Margherita is the daughter of very liberal writers. In Daniela's home her father is absent most of the time, and her mother is unaware of her whereabouts or what she does when she goes out. It seems like Daniela's car driver and body guard is her only parental figure, which isn't saying much since she's constantly flirting with him. In Margherita's home, she has parents that care, but she is rebelling against them. Her parents also aren't very strict, which ends up effecting Caterina negatively. Margherita tattoos Caterina's arm in her very room! When Giancarlo finds out he was furious at her parents, but they did nothing to reprimand Margherita. Also, Caterina skips school for the first time because of Margherita, who wanted to visit a grave site.
Last, there is Caterina's crush, Edward( I think that was his name). His parents are divorced, which caused him to move to Rome all the way from Australia. His mother was very pleasant, and his relationship with her seemed fine, but something was strange in the way he spent most of his time in his room, alone. Also, how he liked to watch people out his window. It didn't seem very healthy. But, by the end of the movie he is moving back to Australia because his parents are trying it out again, as he says.
When Caterina's father leaves, it seemed like her mom and her will be better off. Giancarlo brought anger and hate into their lives. When he left, Agata seemed to be free and happy. That says a lot for the conventions of marriage. If people get married and become truly unhappy it probably is best to end things, instead of staying together for the sake of the children. A loveless marriage, according to this film, will only cause drama and frustration for the family instead of a happy home to grow up in. It's hard enough for Caterina to figure out her identity on her own, never mind when her father is always bullying her and Agata.