CinemaNow - The Buma (Il Buma)

IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLESThe Buma deals with the story of an Italian/Hebrew family in Alexandria, Egypt, between 1967 (the year of Six days War) and the end of the 1980's. Through Andrea's eyes - whose family atthe time of Nassercame back to Italy from Egypt, afterhave bein9 living there for haff a century since the time of the Suez Canal's construction to the earIj 1960's - the vicissitudes of the family can be recalled through flashbacks. The Buma' an eagle owl - is a vision that shows to Max, one of the member's family, the path to follow in time of troubles. Above all, history is a major influence in the course of thei, lives, in particular the Six Days War a real and crucial rite of passage. In the aftermath, nothing will ever be the same again, inspite of the appearances.