It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

I will not completely summarize the plot since so many have done this well in these reviews. And although I clicked the spoiler alert I prefer not to spoil the movie's resolution.The main character is a man who we slowly learn has known loneliness and abandonment in his life. From Antonio's cheery, direct face as he relates to others we might not know that he is in need of another person. He meets Maria and we begin to see Antonio coming to the surface. At first he relates to us, the audience, through the persona of a science fiction character named Morgan. He finds it easier to explain his feelings of detachment through the fictionalized concept of being an alien on another planet. At first I actually found this to be off-putting. But it works. And his feet finally do find the ground. The point that I found to be the most telling about him and about the raison d'etre of the plot came about near the end as Antonio spoke with his employer about the duties of a chauffeur. Knowing when to speak was the number one ability. But secondly Antonio mentioned that in difficult situations he should find a way out. "There's always a solution" he concluded. That gave me his personality. He focuses on fixing. That is the direction he moves in.I enjoyed the way the story was told. There were times that the camera would follow someone outside the story, and we would notice that Antonio watched life seemingly from actual interest. If we were to project what Antonio might do when he "grows up" it would probably be as a writer, or a filmmaker.The acting and direction were excellent. The script was real, and spare. These seemed like real people. One of the reviews here criticizes the ending as though it didn't follow the course we expected. I can see why a viewer might feel this way. But endings can be beginnings. It does seem that the term "realism" implies a less than happy ending. With the huge popularity of dystopian prognostications in film I can understand why most people prefer a jaded POV.I cannot think of a film that supposes the future as an extension of the things that work well in society.

Antonio is a driver. He travels across the roads on a life on his own, made of fantasy and suggestions. Maria the impossible love to conquer, the epitome of a modern "it's complicated" girl. But how can you such a strong feeling? This time it's love driving Antonio out of it's imaginary immature world.Music ( heck out talented Ludovico Einaudi works http://www.einaudiwebsite.com ) and lights (here he's a Gisueppe Piccioni interview for Terna's web magazine "Eye on Energy" http://tiny.sm/piccioni ) blends into one arising as a real character.Gisueppe Piccioni shooting it's as brilliant and vibrant as falling in love.

LIGHT OF MY EYES ('Luce dei miei occhi') is more a fantasia on theme of loneliness and need for love than it is a straightforward narrative story. Under the direction of Giuseppe Piccioni, who co-wrote the screenplay with Umberto Contarello, it shimmers like and extended poem, a theme so delicate and so suffused with melancholy that it remains as an echo long after the film is over.Antonio (Luigi Lo Cascio) is a sweet dreamer who respects his station in life as a chauffeur for customers about Rome, following the rule of 'Know when to talk and when to shut up' his boss has set as the standard. In his lonely ennui Antonio narrates his life in a voice-over monologue as a man named Morgan, a character with whom he identifies from his science fiction novel. His life takes on some meaning when he prevents an accident from happening with a young girl Lisa (Barbara Valente) who lives a lonely life with her lonely mother Maria (Sandra Ceccarelli) whose life is divided among making a living in a not too successful frozen food shop, a frustrating sexual attachment to a cold married man, and trying to hold her little home together since her husband's absence. Gradually Antonio's act of protecting Lisa is acknowledged by Maria and while Antonio is quite taken with the distant Maria, Maria thanks him in a brief and passionate but isolated sexual experience. Maria is needy, Antonio is needy, Lisa is needy, but somehow the connection cannot be made: Maria must concentrate on her lack of income to support Lisa.Antonio, seeing the need to assist Maria's financial situation, allows himself to accept a chauffeur job that involves illegal smuggling of foreigners. Maria's response to her desperate situation is to allow Lisa to be cared for by her grandparents. In a moment suggestive of the old Christmas tale where the man buys combs for his wife's hair while the wife sells her hair to by a gift for her husband, Maria and Antonio face the misunderstanding of their 'friendship' and all seems lost until each changes a significant event that opens a communal door of caring and hope for something more for the little trio.Both Lo Cascio and Ceccarelli are fine actors and make these difficult roles wholly credible. The atmosphere of the film is well defined by the adroit camera work of Arnaldo Catinari and enhanced by the musical score by Ludovico Einaudi. This is one of those very small films that may evade the casual film-goer not only due to the inappropriately poor DVD cover art but also by the lack of proper promotion. It is a word of mouth success in this country. In Italian with English subtitles. Grady Harp

Despite being highly criticised by movie critics at Venice Festival, it's a great movie. True and touching. Sandra Ceccarelli is only wonderful, as Silvio Orlando in a minor role.If you have a chance, give it a look!.