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25 May 2003 (USA) moreTagline:
When you open your door to strangers, you never know who might come in. morePlot:
An unlikely group of people find solace and friendship after being thrown together in the wake of a terrorist attack. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 14 nominations moreUser Comments:
Gentle as the Umbrian countryside moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Maggie Smith | ... | Mrs. Emily Delahunty | |
| Ronnie Barker | ... | The General | |
| Chris Cooper | ... | Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith | |
| Benno Fürmann | ... | Werner | |
| Giancarlo Giannini | ... | Inspector Girotti | |
| Timothy Spall | ... | Quinty | |
| Libero De Rienzo | ... | Dr. Innocenti | |
| Emmy Clarke | ... | Aimee | |
| Cecilia Dazzi | ... | Rosa Crevelli | |
| Anna Longhi | ... | Signora Barcini | |
| Deirdre Harrison | ... | Phyllis, Aimee's Mother | |
| Silvia De Santis | ... | Madeleine | |
| Alison Cameron Adam | ... | General's Daughter (as Alison Adam) | |
| Lynn Swanson | ... | Francine Riversmith | |
| Taddeo Harbutt | ... | Young General |
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103 minColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalCertification:
Iceland:L | New Zealand:M | Germany:o.Al. | UK:12A | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Italy:T | Australia:M | Canada:AFun Stuff
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Mrs. Emily Delahunty: In the garden, delphiniums were in flower. Through scented twilight, the girl in the white dress walked with a step as light as a morning cobweb. That evening she hadn't a care in the world. moreSoundtrack:
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This film would immediately appeal to anyone addicted to Maggie Smith and the idyllic Italian countryside of Umbria, but it has unexpected delights to offer in its unassuming, almost art-house, flavour, and the low-key, but affecting, performances of excellent actors Timothy Spall and Ronnie Barker. Chris Cooper is rather wooden, but his academic, unemotional character casts a strong contrast to the hapless vagaries of Maggie Smith's Emily Delahuntey, and therefore works well.
Suspension of disbelief is required for the over-imaginative plot, almost out of one of Emily's romance novels. But the pleasure of such a film is simple, and simple pleasures can entertain as much as the richer, more complex enjoyment of films it might be compared with such as 'Tea With Mussolini' (which, of course, is a much fuller film in terms of plot, characters, script, and drama). 'Enchanted April' also comes to mind as another film where the Italian countryside is almost a character of the film and much more than a backdrop.
A very pleasant interlude for a winter's afternoon, or Spring evening, and Maggie Smith is as mannered and original as ever. I especially loved her flowing clothes, which suited her and her character very well.