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1943, Italy: In the darkest days of the war, a young baker's apprentice suddenly murders his employer before taking to the empty midnight streets, frantically searching for someone or something - a haunting image of passion, rage and desperation. Sixty years later: Passion seems to be missing from the life of Giovanna (Giovanna .. Read more
| Starring | Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro |
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| Director | Ferzan Ozpetek |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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1943, Italy: In the darkest days of the war, a young baker's apprentice suddenly murders his employer before taking to the empty midnight streets, frantically searching for someone or something - a haunting image of passion, rage and desperation. Sixty years later: Passion seems to be missing from the life of Giovanna (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), a young wife and mother of two who appears to have found some sense of domestic peace. Her husband, Filippo (Filippo Nigro), is a good man, but saddled with a poor-paying night shift, and Giovanna supplements her own full-time income as a poultry inspector by baking pastries and deserts for a local pub. With more than enough to do, Giovanna isn't too pleased when Filippo insists on bringing home a confused elderly man (Massimo Girotti) they find wandering in the streets.
| Starring | Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro |
|---|---|
| Director | Ferzan Ozpetek |
| Studio | SODA PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Italian |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2003 To Rent: DVD: 27 Sep 2010 |
A sumptuous bourgeois romantic drama from the director of Haman and Ignorant Fairies, full of parallels and... read more on Time Out
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Fine exploration of memory loss in intense drama
In the midst of an intense drama Turkish director Ferzan Ozpetek confronts the problems of memory.
Giovanna (Mezzogiorno) can hardly remember why she... read more »
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A gentle tale
This was a wee treat...another of those 'hidden gems' that lurk hidden in the cinematic world's dusty archives and that you generally never get to ... read more »
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Little Frustrating but Striving for Something
Think this film wants to be 'something' of substance so we get a lot of close ups, mood moments and furrowed brows. Not sure it quite arrives at what ... read more »
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Nice Rewarding Italian Film
Characters and acting in this are splendid. Highly recommended.