I thought it would be five-star, after all, finding a small island to establish a "country" is something that many people would imagine.
The protagonist, Giorgio Rosa, is even better. He doesn't even have to find a suitable island, so he builds a small island and establishes a "country".
But Giorgio's "nation-building" concept makes me disagree.
The fuse for building the island was that Giorgio drove his ex-girlfriend home in a car he built, but was stopped by the police and found that he did not have a registered vehicle or even a driver's license. But Giorgio is very disdainful of this. He wanted to "do whatever he wants and live by his own rules". Plus the ex-girlfriend's sake, she thinks he can't build a world of his own.
Giorgio wanted absolute freedom, he didn't want restrictions on rights, he didn't want obligations to others.
Of course, it can be said that this film expresses the yearning for freedom and the spirit of rebellion. I also really like the romanticism of the movie.
But unrestricted freedom is definitely not what I want. It may be said that absolute freedom is the enemy of freedom.
In a republic like Italy, it is very reasonable for citizens to enjoy rights and also assume obligations.
In terms of international law, the territorial sea is 6 nautical miles in 1968 (at least in Italy), and there is no provision for the exclusive economic zone and artificial islands.
The 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea stipulates a 12-nautical-mile territorial sea baseline and a 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.
It also provides for artificial islands in the exclusive economic zone: the exclusive right of the coastal state to construct and authorize and manage the construction, operation and use of artificial islands, installations and structures, and has exclusive jurisdiction over such artificial islands, installations and structures, including Jurisdiction over customs, fiscal, health, security and immigration laws and regulations.
If Giorgio built such an island 12 nautical miles away now, it should not be able to exploit the loopholes in international law like 1968.
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