La Meglio gioventu'

You have just landed a job as a film critic.  Your first assignment is to write a review for the movie "La meglio gioventu'"  Please summarize in your own words the main events of the film, and then give your critique.  What did you like/dislike about the movie?  What would you have done differently if you were the director?  Why is this movie a good source of information to learn about the history of important events that occurred in Italy from the 1960's to the present day?  Don't forget to mention the key events and also decide how many stars you would give the movie!  

Late Middle Ages / Early Renaissance Timeline

Birth, death, important works

Art, Architecture, Scientists/Discoveries, Literature, Famous People,
Music

Dante Timeline

Dante: born, Beatrice, exiled, Divine Comedy, died
Guelfs/Ghibellines
Boccaccio
Chaucer
Petrarch
Brunelleschi
Donatello
Leonardo da Vinci
Gutenberg
Michelangelo
Boticelli
Genghis Khan
Marco Polo
Bonifacio VIII
Saint Francis of Assisi
Giotto

Tower of Pisa
University of Bologna
Oxford University
Crusades
Notre Dame
Black Death (the Plague)
“standard” Italian lanaugage