The Anto War (1999) User Reviews

Italian punk?

[dark76 · 7/10 · 5 September 2006]

This Italian comedy tells the story of 4 teenage Italian punks in the first years of '90s. All the friends are named Antonio. Starting from this, we get a nice and not boring movie about "rebellion" in a small city while Gulf War is coming to change their life... The story is quite simple but it works fine. Flavio Pistilli is great as Antò Lu Purk (in the city slang, "the pig") and the others Antò are also perfect. "La guerra degli Antò" is not an usual Italian movie: someone could compare it to "SLC Punk!" but in my opinion, the Italian film is much better and realistic. What is sure is that Europeans will like it more than Americans.

La guerra degli Antò = the Antò's war (literal translation)

Quintessentially genuine.

[curzi_g · 7/10 · 18 December 2023]

The asphyxiating atmosphere of the Italian province, the discomfort of being young and feeling useless, the desire of rebellion, the idealistic dreams of youth: The War of the Antò is the story of four punk youngsters from Montesilvano, a small town in the province of Pescara, central Italy, at the beginning of the '90s. They are all called Antò and the provincial life in which they live is too much for them, they can't handle it. A sincere choral tale of an Italian region often overlooked by cinema and/or entertainment literature. Acted very well by the four young protagonists, the film is enriched by funny dialogues and the amusing inflection of the Abruzzo dialect.