"I look at all the lonely people" - THE IMITATION GAME

What happens if we take a very talented actor and a touching story and we put them together?

We'll spend an hour in front of the TV screen unable to go away.

That is what I felt watching The Imitation Game, a 2014 film based on the biography of Alan Turing, the British cryptanalyst whose studies helped to defeat Nazists during the World War II. The main character is played by Benedict Cumberbatch; we can also find other actors as Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode and Charles Dance.

                                          Alan Turing

As usual, I don't want to recount the plot, but you can click here to watch the trailer, which can summarise the story much better than me, revealing just what it is needed.

I love watching these kind of films, because they can teach you something in addition to the entertainment part, in this case something very interesting about History.
                                    
I appreciate the attention for growth of Alan shown, little by little, during the film.
In the past, when he was at school, he had very bad experiences with his classmates: he learnt soon that it's hard to find somebody who really cares about you and, even if you think you have found this person, it doesn't mean that he won't ever hurt you.

Everybody can understand the feelings of Alan, because each of us has lived something like that at least once in a lifetime.

Then there is love, not the common love, but the love that comes in your brain and fills it, that sense of fullness beyond phisical attraction.

This is exactly what I'm talking about, something that leaves you speechless. The relationship between Alan and Joan Clarke is special. Both of them are victims of prejudices (connected with the time in which they live) and they support each other every time, in every occasion. They understand each other and they can always count on one-another.

Joan is a victim of sexism, Alan is a victim of homophobia.

If you watch the film, you'll understand why I have chosen this photo. It's a very touching scene, because Alan opens his heart and express what he feels. There is a very actual speech which can be very useful nowadays to eliminate unjustified stigmatisations simply based on ignorance.

The last photo is a motivational one. In my opinion it is the best quotation of the film: look at it every time you feel sad and inappropriate.

Enjoy :)

Yours, Silvia