A film that is undoubtedly courageous and highly atypical compared to the director's past output. But courage is often not enough. In being dramatic, _Brucio nel vento_ is not dramatic enough. In being sentimental, it is not sentimental enough. In being uneasy, it is not uneasy enough. What makes it, yes, an interesting film, but overall rather inconclusive. Ps: I unfortunately had to see the dubbed version as it is the only one available online. Soldini himself disowns it. For this reason, also because the dubbing in this case makes an enormous impact on the quality of the product, I will try in time to retrieve the subtitled version to reconsider my opinion of the film and edit this review.