You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You (1938, Frank Capra) is a romantic comedy masterpiece. Capra's enthusiasm towards American idealism and democratic values is present in the film. His criticism of American high-class society and his hope of reconciliation between the low and high classes can be detected and followed throughout the entire structure of his oeuvre. You can even find his desire and curiosity towards the Russian Communist revolution throughout the dialogue and comedic situations happening in the storyline and narrative. 

Capra puts the madness of the family in front of the logic of capitalism and narrates the story of a normal couple who wants to live beyond this conflict and this social gap. For Capra, this funny madness is a revolutionary movement against the principles of a capitalistic society. Beyond this madness, there is a wisdom that brings the two different social classes together at the end of the film, and the reconciliation between low and high social classes becomes true based on Capra's American idealistic values.

The young couple represents the younger generation and the future of America and its democratic values. They want to live in the society that there is no gap and conflict between high and low social classes. They don't want to be the victims of this gap and conflict.

A note: by Morad Sadeghi