The fourth feature film from actor and filmmaker Fabio Massa is a corporate political thriller drama in Global Harmony in English. Massa directs the movie, which stars Morgan David Jones, Rasha Bilal, Enrico Lo Verso, Randall Paul and Denny Mendez and features young actress Faty Ba.
Massa’s concept comes from a script he wrote with Diego Olivares and Paul Andersen; it’s then executed by an entry that hits the ground running, through a medley of third-world disarray with shots of poor Tunisian villages and a child labor camp followed by a man making a deal with an impoverished family involving a mysterious envelope.
It’s a bit to dissect going into the next act which introduces us to Richard (Jones), an award-winning journalist who comes from notorious wealth and is now on a TV tour to tackle a worldwide campaign of altruism and peacekeeping he calls “Global Harmony”. Things kick in a little more when after an interview, a speeding car loses control and crashes into a wall, compelling him to come to the aid of its driver, as well as its passenger a pregnant woman in labor.
Seven years later finds Richard living on the small Italian island of Lampedusa with his lovely wife Fada (Bilal) and adopted daughter Gaia (Ba). It’s also where Richard has begun operations to steer his brand. With months of planning left until his major conference with international delegates to raise funds for and support his initiative. Little does he know that his plans are stirring detriment to this head of child labour organization where he and his cohorts have engaged this insidious plan of subterfuge/sabotage.
These elements are laid out gradually throughout Global Harmony’s story while burning very slowly through its intricate often overlong exposition. The first half does fairly well at establishing some relationships or friendships between certain characters. One character sees one member of Richard’s team struggling to cope with being away from his ailing son and not being able to immediately afford his treatments.
The story doesn’t really begin moving until much later with the second half having a smidgen more intensity, as Fada finds herself being mysteriously followed by two individuals. The seriousness of this doesn’t really surface in Richard’s mind when confronted by Fada’s worrisome demeanor. Instead, he writes it off as a cosign to his fame/while sheepishly trying to calm her down.
It isn’t until well into this second half that Global Harmony finally starts escalating from slow-burn espionage drama to something literally more explosive. Tragedy unfolds in what feels like an eleventh-hour development woven into recapituation that largely does away with any reciprocation in terms of justice. Indeed, a few henchmen get their just dues but that’s more than I can say for the real culprits responsible.
After all, it seems that Global Harmony is a concept that would be better served as a long-running show. The ending of the movie is full of messages about resilience, hope and survival in spite of suffering and grief. From my point of view, the film really misses out on what could have been an extremely interesting story.
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