Comments on: The Slow Match – La partita lenta (Paolo Sorrentino – 2009) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2009/04/27/the-slow-match-la-partita-lenta-paolo-sorrentino-%e2%80%93-2009/ cafe pellicola - window to fine italian cinema Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:05:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: simon from london http://www.cafepellicola.com/2009/04/27/the-slow-match-la-partita-lenta-paolo-sorrentino-%e2%80%93-2009/#comment-8808 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:27:28 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=671#comment-8808 i agree this is a wonderful film. rugby is making inroads in italy it is mainly played in the north east of the country. italy is also take part of the annual six nations competition along with, england, wales,scotland, ireland and france, they also take part in the rugby union world cup every four years. at present they are touring austalia who they are playing today ( but probably are not going to win!). in michelangelo antonioni’s 1950 film “cronaca di un amore” (story of a love affair) there is a scean where they stop and watch a rugby game.

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