Lorenzo Ferro gives a performance for the ages as 21 year old Simon, a disabled young man who desperately trying to navigate his way through the world and finding himself at odds with society.
Beginning and ending with Simon answering the same list of question this film is a portrait of a young man with mental issues. Simon doesn't understand a great deal, but he is curious. It's his curiosity that gets him into trouble. His inability to fully navigate through the world makes waves for everyone around him, especially his mother.
Ferro is stunning as Simon. I couldn't believe that they found someone like Simon to play the role until I saw that Ferro is an actor and singer and not like Simon. His performance is so good he should be on the short list for every possible acting award. Watching him breath life into Simon Ferro commits body and soul. There isn't a word or look or gesture that isn't fully Simon's. Its a performance that will kick you in the ass.
And let's not forget the rest of the cast who are equally good- they all are...and they too are worthy of every award out there.
What makes the film work is that the script is far from by rote From the opening attention grabbing sequence in the mountains on to the final fade out this film feels more like life than the vast majority of films ever produced. Sure it's rough at times, but so is life. The bumps in Simon's life are like those real people would experience.
I was moved.
More importantly when the film was done I wanted to not only go again I wanted to tell everyone.
See this film.
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