Giulia Doesn't Date at Night (2009)
"Giulia non esce la sera" (original title)

A young writer strikes up a relationship with his daughter's swimming instructor.

Director:

Giuseppe Piccioni

Writers:

Giuseppe Piccioni, Federica Pontremoli

Stars:

Valerio Mastandrea, Valeria Golino, Sonia Bergamasco

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Valerio Mastandrea	...	Guido
Valeria Golino	...	Giulia
Sonia Bergamasco	...	Benedetta
Lidia Vitale	...	Agente Donna
Chiara Nicola	...	Viola
Paolo Sassanelli	...	Bruno
Antonia Liskova	...	Eva
Domiziana Cardinali	...	Costanza
Jacopo Domenicucci	...	Filippo
Piera Degli Esposti	...	Attilia
Jacopo Maria Bicocchi	...	Giussi
Edo Monaci-Toschi	...	Cigliati (as Edo Monaci Toschi)
Federica Pontremoli	...	Stuart negresco
Renato Cesa De Marchi	...	Uomo Anziano
Valeria Sabel	...	Donna Anziana

Storyline

Guido writes novels and short stories; he's detached, diffident. When his wife and teenage daughter move, he stays behind to write. He takes swimming lessons; his teacher is Giulia, somber, perhaps melancholy. They talk from time to time; he invites her out, and she says she doesn't go out at night. We see Guido's stories dramatized - unhappy characters in search of something. Guido helps his daughter navigate a first crush; he disengages from a campaign to win a literary prize. His wife challenges him to reconnect with her. Instead, he focuses on Giulia: drawing her out, learning of her past. Then he intervenes. Can a novelist write reality?

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Plot Keywords:

swimming | melancholy | first crush | dog | mother daughter relationship | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

27 February 2009 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Giulia Doesn't Date at Night

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lumière & Company, Rai Cinema, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Valeria Golino accepted the role without reading the script first because she really wanted to work with Giuseppe Piccioni.

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Soundtracks

"Piangi Roma"
Written by Francesco Bianconi
Performed by Baustelle and Valeria Golino

User Reviews

Swimming free

Giulia is a very intriguing character. So you can see why our main protagonist kinda is tempted by her. While reluctantly at first (it's his offspring that will lead him to the swimming pool), he wants to discover more about that woman. But our main guy has more than the obvious reason to follow her.

As a writer he does have some weird dreams (adding another level to the movie). But it might also be the downfall of the movie. Trying to add as many layers to it as possible, it kinda is overloaded a bit. But all with good intentions of course. And while the main story unravels, there is this other sub-stories that are worth a stand-alone movie too. All in all, not a bad drama, but not great either.