Mediterraneo - the playfulness of the blindfolded goddess

Mediterraneo is an Italian film that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1991. The film is set during World War II, and regards a group of Italian soldiers who become stranded on a Greek island and are left behind by the war.

The film is accompanied by quoting a phrase of Henri Laborit ("In times like these, escape is the only way to stay alive and continue dreaming") and closes with a caption significant and emblematic: "Dedicated to all those who are running away ".

"Fortune often amuses herself by thrusting people into situations in which they never expected to find themselves. Some are bewildered and perplexed, and lose their spirits; others take offense and rail against the cruel whims of destiny; others rise to the challenge and respond to the playfulness of the blindfolded goddess with games of their own, and rather than falling into a funk or knitting their brows, they enjoy the new turn of affairs and even manage to laugh at fate. When this happens, days that might easily have been filled with boredom and misery become memorable. Because the world is absurd, one must respond with even greater absurdities."

Maurizio Viroli, Professor of politics at Princeton University. from the book "Niccolo's Smile."

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