Somewhere, somewhere there is a nowhere man

CSC rating: 80/100

Country, release year: Usa, 2010

Director: Sofia Coppola

Runtime: 97 min

How would you feel  if you were able to get any beautiful girl around you, how would you feel if you were welcome in any hotel in any city? How would you feel if you could drive best sport car? I know what you think. Everybody would want that. Well, maybe not Johnny Marco, he is a superstar and main character of Sophia Coppola’s new feature film.  Another beautiful, lonely and poetic story from a talented director.

Everything is so easy for Johnny, his smile is enough to charm any girl, his smile is enough to please journalists. His smile is enough to make somebody’s day. He is a film star. But what if you, like Johnny had to go in circles for all of your life? What if you had to do all the stame stuff everyday? Would you still like it? Marco did not even bother learning much about becoming an actor. When a guy on a party asks how did he learn to be an actor Johnny is confused, he did not.

Who is Johnny Marco? Does he anjoy his life? Does he enjoy sleeping with girls every time a girl sees him? Actually, he falls asleep while having a sex with a gorgeous girl. Because it is so boring!

Johnny’s life is empty, he does not feel himself as a human and he does not know how to fulfil his life.  While a short episode we see a film about Gandhi. Is it just a coincidence or Coppola deliberately put this prominent figure, a figure who had fulfilled life?

Coppola managed to construct a film from different pieces which give you some hints and symbols that build a simple story. Johnny’s daughter is probably the only person who “awakens” him. She gives him chance to live the life and not just be a victim of  circumstances. She gives him hope.

Don’t worry if you can’t have all the girls, hotels, cars or anything else in the world, at least you can walk a straight line full of adventures and unknown, that’s all Johnny wants.