Rome is drenched in hopelessness. Nicola, who lives in a dark part of The Eternal City, stays intoxicated, as he is about to leave the world soon. The camera follows his journey and captures the moments he meets the city’s drifters, petty thieves and immigrants who live with fear of deportation. On television, a famous American actress dressed in a wedding gown visits Italy, while various people comes and go in Nicola’s world, among them Anna, a prostitute, Salvatore, who might be Anna and Nicola’s son, and Sofia, a lover from 20 years earlier. The film shows a quite dark vision of modern human society, with a protagonist who has a face completely drained of the will to live, and the various outsiders of the city. Rome is a dark city where no one can find hope; people live in constant despair. The core is the unfulfilled love of the protagonist, which is why the American actress in wedding dress is unreal and has a different atmosphere from the rest the film. Long Live the Bride is unique and delivers an unfamiliar sensation, the last scene of the film implying that the future of this city will not be any different. (RHEE Soue-won)