Respiro (2002)

Director:

Emanuele Crialese

Writer:

Emanuele Crialese

Release Date:

22 May 2002 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

On an impoverished Italian island, a free-spirited woman is accused of madness by townspeople fed up with her antics.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Fish | Madness | Hiding | Food

Awards:

12 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Valeria Golino	...	Grazia
Vincenzo Amato	...	Pietro
Francesco Casisa	...	Pasquale
Veronica D'Agostino	...	Marinella
Filippo Pucillo	...	Filippo
Muzzi Loffredo	...	Nonna
Elio Germano	...	Pier Luigi
Avy Marciano	...	Velista Francese
Giuseppe del Volgo	...	Zio Pino
Matteo Solina	...	Zio Antonio
Vincenzo Barreca	...	Cefalo
Sam Nessim	...	La Mosca (as Sam Mounier)
Pasquale De Rubels	...	Bufalo
Francesco Edoardo Anglieri
Andrea Barreca
Donatella Battiali
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Domenico Amato
Fernando Bartifeci
Giovan Battista Martello
Vincenzo Bellici
Maria Catia Belviso
Debora Billeci
Vincenzo Cantalla
Denise Capogrosso
Aldo Chessari
Antonio Costa
Francesco Costanza
Vincenza Davi
Vincenzo Davi
Roberto De Simone
Francesca Dell'Imperio
Giacomo Galozzo
Antonio Laterzo
Nunzio Lucifora
Antonino Maggiore
Giovanna Maggiore
Ioland Maggiore
Giovanni Mannino
Nicola Mannino
Angela Maraventano
Domenico Martello
Flora Miotti
Guiseppe Palmisano
Angelo Pucillo
Fabio Pucillo
Maria Pucillo
Pasquale Pucillo
Roberto Pucillo
Guiseppe Rupelli
Orlando Rupelli
Gaspare Sanguedolce
Rosario Sanguedolce
Guiseppe Sola
Filippo Solina
Loredana Solina
Gasparo Stallone
Bruno Stracusa
Salvatore Taranto
Angela Veronica Tarento
Alfonso Vicari

Directed by
Emanuele Crialese

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Emanuele Crialese

Produced by
Raphael Berdugo	....	associate producer
Domenico Procacci	....	producer
Anne-Dominique Toussaint	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Andrea Guerra
John Surman

Cinematography by
Fabio Zamarion

Film Editing by
Didier Ranz

Casting by
Stéphane Zito		(casting director)

Art Direction by
Beatrice Scarpato

Costume Design by
Eva Coen

Makeup Department
Simona Castaldi	....	makeup artist
Sabrina Romanelli	....	key hair stylist
Ermanno Spera	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Gianluca Chiaretti	....	production manager
Luigi Lagrasta	....	production supervisor
Michela Rossi	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peppino Del Volgo	....	assistant director
Federico Nuti	....	assistant director
Leopoldo Pescatore	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Emmanuel Croset	....	sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Egreteau	....	foley artist
Steven Ghouti	....	foley mixer
Hervé Guyader	....	chief sound editor
Pierre-Yves Lavoué	....	sound mixer
Nicolas Lefebvre	....	dialogue editor
Marco Streccioni	....	sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Humberto Contini	....	lighting assistant
Claudio Frollano	....	gaffer
Sascia Ippoliti	....	assistant camera
Ermanno Lubich	....	focus puller: underwater unit
Roberto Luzi	....	camera operator
Marco Santarelli	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Franck Nakache	....	assistant editor
Annie Pierre	....	second assistant editor
Andrea Gargano	....	final colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Goffredo Gibellini	....	additional score mixing engineer
Angelo Giovagnoli	....	orchestra coordinator
Marco Streccioni	....	score mix engineer

Other crew
Paola Sangiovanni	....	script supervisor
Tiziano Tomei	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Fandango
• Medusa Produzione
• Telepiù
• Les Films des Tournelles
• Roissy Films
• TPS Cinéma
• Rouse Films
• Eurimages (support)

Distributors

• Cinemien (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Medusa Distribuzione (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Palace Films (Australia) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2003) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Karma Films (Spain)
• Medusa Home Entertainment (2003) (Italy) (DVD)
• Mongrel Media (Canada)
• Oro Film A/S
• Pan Européenne Distribution (France)
• Primer Plano Film Group (Argentina) (DVD)
• Primer Plano Film Group (Argentina) (VHS)
• Prokino Filmverleih
• Slovenska Kinoteka (2004) (Slovenia) (all media)
• Tartan Films
• United King Films (Israel)
• Zeta Films (Argentina)

Other Companies

• Sud Ovest Records  music production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for nudity and thematic elements

Runtime:

95 min | Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:90 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | Sicilian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | France:U | Germany:6 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG | Netherlands:12 | Hungary:14 | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Lampedusa, Italy

Company:

Fandango

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Che saccio (2008)

Soundtrack:

La bambola

Sea, Sky and the Characters

This movie is a good example of showing that it is possible to produce high quality films without spending too much. The scenario is very well written and characters are well chosen. Every single person fits their role very well that I couldn't help thinking that such a village really exists. Especially Grazia and her younger son are acting very well. The younger son is so natural and has great talent. As for the Grazia, she is showing the character of a caring and sometimes crazy mother with her gestures and talks. The landscape in the film makes you feel like going holiday in the Mediterranean. The sea, sky and the landscape are absolutely beautiful. After seeing this film, I have realized that the rural lives by the sea in many countries are similar, the differences are in the languages, but the feelings are same.