Depends on one’s definition of “predator”. Perhaps a better term is “sexual offender”.
BTW, I never said pedophile… statutory rape is not the same thing as pedophilia.You basically implied that the people who saw the movie with you were pedophiles.
It did appear to me that quite a percentage of the people in the audience fit that stereotype, whether true or not. But I don’t think I ever said that the movie was about pedophilia.
Still a weird thing to say though.
And I looked it up, age of consent in Italy is 14, so sex offender isn’t exactly accurate.
The same behavior here would be considered an offense. Although one could certainly argue that our laws, parenting, and mores therein should be changed. The father role in the film obviously believed that it was a valuable experience.
I’m not saying I think we should be like Italy in this regard (in fact I think that’s definitely kinda gross). But a quick look tells me that age of consent in the US is the the large majority of the states either 16 or 17 (which is far more reasonable than in Italy).
Ultimately the numbers isn’t what’s important. It’s a coming of age film where a man who’s coming of age falls in love with a man who is a few years old than him. The dad didn’t say anything about being glad his son fell in love with a statutory rapist or whatever. It was about the transformative experience he had and the connection they shared.