If you loved Wie im Himmel, try Baaria
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Theyboth carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Wie im Himmel, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Baaria is
Giuseppe Tornatore here attempts the big, multi-generational family drama. It follows Peppino from his 1920s childhood in Sicily through his Communist Party activism and family life. It is, if nothing else, certainly a very long film.

