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...t to club you with misery or entertain you with stupidity, as so much of the cinema does. Looking for Alibrandi comes alive due to the performance of Pia Miranda as the teenager struggling to come to some understanding of herself. She is vibrant and totally charming as Josie, and she is forced to carry the greatest weight in this film. Yet on her shoulders it seems no burden at all; she is up to every challenge thrown her way. – The character of Nonna, played by Elena Colta, was also well achieved. It splendidly This movie, directed by Tom DiCillo, is a humorous look at the making of a low-budget independent film. It includes cleverly blended dream sequences that make use of shifts from color to black and white which symbolize what is reality and what is not. In addition, casting for this movie really makes the film stand out as a great piece of film art. Steve Buscemi as film director “Nick” does a great job playing the roll of an over stressed indie filmmaker with doubts about his ability to ever make a successful movie. Catherine Keener is also great in this film as she plays the star actress of the film dealing with her own doubts of ever becoming a huge...