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<\/a><\/p>\nEasy Living\u00a0<\/strong>is a beautifully made coming of age story about two Italian siblings, a French immigrant and an American tennis trainer. The siblings are friends with the French immigrant and are trying to help him cross the border into France so he can be with his wife and newborn baby. They can\u2019t do this without the help of their new American friend. This film was directed by brothers Orso Miyakawa (Director and writer for\u00a0Fumo)\u00a0<\/em>and Peter Miyakawa (Director and writer for\u00a0Pastis<\/em>).<\/p>\n The film basically revolves around brother and sister duo, Brando (played by James Miyakawa) and Camilla (played by Camilla Sevino Favro). Their parents are away so it\u2019s just the two of them together. Camilla is small time drug dealer that smuggles medication for elderly people from France to Italy. Brando hangs out at the tennis club while she meets with the elderly people there. It\u2019s there they meet the quirky American tennis trainer Don (played by Manoel Hudec). Don starts to form an attraction for Camilla and try\u2019s to gain her attention. She\u2019s not showing all that much of an interest in him.<\/p>\n While all of this is going on we are introduced to a friend of the siblings, Elvis (played by Alberto Boubakar Malanchino), an immigrant from France. We get to venture into his back story a little and find out that his wife and his unborn baby are over in France with her uncle. He\u2019s been trying to get back to them but has had no luck.<\/p>\n Don continues to pursue Camilla and she continues to not give in. But when she finds out that Elvis is sleeping on the streets, she decides to have dinner with Don but invited Elvis and Brando. This gave her a way to sneak Elvis into Don\u2019s house so that he\u2019ll have a place to sleep. Don and Elvis start to bond and that\u2019s when Elvis tells Don about why he wants to get over to France. Don, Camilla and Brando decide to hatch a plan to sneak Elvis into France without getting caught.<\/p>\n Don gets the plan to have them all dress up like they\u2019re headed to a tennis tournament in France. That way the border security won\u2019t be too concerned about who\u2019s crossing the border. Just before they leave they decide it\u2019s not the best idea to bring Brando. Just in case they get into trouble they don\u2019t want him getting dragged into it so they plan to send him on the train to where their family lives. This way if Camilla gets arrested Brando will have someone to take care of him.<\/p>\n It\u2019s time and they set off to take Elvis across the border. Will they make it without getting caught?<\/p>\n I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It was by far, my favorite film from this years festival. It was entertaining and written very well. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to meet and interview both directors and writers Orso and Peter Miyakawa.<\/p>\n Getting to hear their input on what went on in the film process and what they thought about the film overall.<\/p>\n This film had an amazing cinematographer, Andrey Nuzhnny. The scenery was absolutely gorgeous and you could tell that the shots were carefully picked.<\/p>\n I absolutely loved this film and I\u2019m so glad the Santa Barbara International Film Festival decided to play it. Definitely recommend anyone watches this film.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reviewed by Jacob Mohler at the Santa Barbara International Festival 2020. Easy Living\u00a0is a beautifully made coming of age story about two Italian siblings, a French immigrant and an American tennis trainer. 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