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My House in Umbria

  • TV Movie
  • 2003
  • TV-14
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.5K
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Maggie Smith in My House in Umbria (2003)
DramaMysteryRomance

An unlikely group of people find solace and friendship after being thrown together in the wake of a terrorist attack.An unlikely group of people find solace and friendship after being thrown together in the wake of a terrorist attack.An unlikely group of people find solace and friendship after being thrown together in the wake of a terrorist attack.

  • Director
    • Richard Loncraine
  • Writers
    • William Trevor
    • Hugh Whitemore
  • Stars
    • Maggie Smith
    • Ronnie Barker
    • Chris Cooper
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    3.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard Loncraine
    • Writers
      • William Trevor
      • Hugh Whitemore
    • Stars
      • Maggie Smith
      • Ronnie Barker
      • Chris Cooper
    • 59User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 4 wins & 27 nominations total

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    Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Ronnie Barker, Chris Cooper, Benno Fürmann, and Emmy Clarke in My House in Umbria (2003)
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    Maggie Smith
    Maggie Smith
    • Mrs. Delahunty
    Ronnie Barker
    Ronnie Barker
    • General
    Chris Cooper
    Chris Cooper
    • Thomas Riversmith
    Benno Fürmann
    Benno Fürmann
    • Werner
    Giancarlo Giannini
    Giancarlo Giannini
    • Inspector Girotti
    Timothy Spall
    Timothy Spall
    • Quinty
    Libero De Rienzo
    Libero De Rienzo
    • Doctor Innocenti
    Emmy Clarke
    Emmy Clarke
    • Aimee
    Cecilia Dazzi
    • Rosa Crevelli
    Anna Longhi
    • Signora Barcini
    Deirdre Harrison
    • Phyllis
    Silvia De Santis
    • Madeleine
    Alison Cameron Adam
    • General's Daughter
    • (as Alison Adam)
    Lynn Swanson
    Lynn Swanson
    • Francine Riversmith
    Taddeo Harbutt
    • Young General
    Vittoria Colonna
    • Young Woman
    • (as Vittoria Colonna Di Stigliano)
    Yari Gugliucci
    • Terrorist
    Pietro Ragusa
    Pietro Ragusa
    • Terrorist
    • Director
      • Richard Loncraine
    • Writers
      • William Trevor
      • Hugh Whitemore
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    • Trivia
      Mrs. Emily Delahunty's (Dame Maggie Smith's) car is an Alfa Romeo 6C-2500, produced between 1947 and 1953. It is a five-seat touring car popular with affluent post-war customers interested in a sporty yet comfortable vehicle.
    • Quotes

      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.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Matrix Reloaded/Down with Love/My House in Umbria/Spellbound (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Misty
      Music by Erroll Garner

      Lyrics by Johnny Burke

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    6/10
    Maggie Smith redeems flawed film about redemption
    The HBO TV movie "My House in Umbria" should be seen primarily for the complex and layered performance of divine Maggie Smith. As romance novelist Emily Delahunty, she projects an image of refinement and elegance that conceals a deeper, darker self. That self is revealed slowly, and we find hidden within a character that is not only at variance with Miss Delahunty's adopted persona, but also very different from the prim and proper ladies Maggie Smith habitually plays on the silver screen. We see that Miss Smith is capable even of being seductive and slatternly, most unlike her many repressed and spinsterish roles.

    Maggie Smith has the kind of mesmerizing voice and marvelous diction that would enable her to entertain film audiences by reading the proverbial telephone book. I am reminded of Glenda Jackson's (virtual) one-woman show in "Stevie" and Joanne Woodward's voice-over of "The Age of Innocence".

    The rest of the characters in "My House in Umbria" are, alas, a motley crew, sketched in only very lightly, merely second bananas to Maggie Smith's central figure. The time of the story is difficult to pin down based on the clothes and motor cars, but one imagines it takes place during the 1970s, the era of the Bader-Meinhof gang in Germany and the Red Brigades in Italy. The denouement is a little too pat, but the journey is still well worth our while.

    One of the key questions raised in the film is what anger would drive a human being to commit an act of terror. But it becomes quickly apparent that political terrorism is not the only kind of "man's inhumanity to man" that is intended here. The focus is, rather, on innocence shattered and destroyed, the cruelty visited by individuals upon each other, the sense of guilt that it engenders, and the possibility of forgiveness and redemption that always, always exists if we "seize the day" and allow ourselves to be happy.
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    • Jan 10, 2005

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    • Release date
      • May 25, 2003 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Italy
      • United States
    • Official site
      • HBO (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • German
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • Mitt hus i Umbrien
    • Filming locations
      • Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • HBO Films
      • Canine Films
      • Panorama Films
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,324,900
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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