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Facing Windows

Original title: La finestra di fronte
  • 2003
  • R
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
11K
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Facing Windows (2003)
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Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for the Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man w... Read allOverburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for the Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her ...Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for the Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her ...

  • Director
    • Ferzan Özpetek
  • Writers
    • Gianni Romoli
    • Ferzan Özpetek
  • Stars
    • Giovanna Mezzogiorno
    • Massimo Girotti
    • Raoul Bova
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ferzan Özpetek
    • Writers
      • Gianni Romoli
      • Ferzan Özpetek
    • Stars
      • Giovanna Mezzogiorno
      • Massimo Girotti
      • Raoul Bova
    • 51User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 27 wins & 23 nominations

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    Massimo Girotti and Giovanna Mezzogiorno in Facing Windows (2003)
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    Giovanna Mezzogiorno
    Giovanna Mezzogiorno
    • Giovanna
    Massimo Girotti
    Massimo Girotti
    • Simone…
    Raoul Bova
    Raoul Bova
    • Lorenzo
    Filippo Nigro
    Filippo Nigro
    • Filippo
    Serra Yilmaz
    • Eminè
    Maria Grazia Bon
    • Sara
    Massimo Poggio
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    • Simone
    Chiara Andreis
    Veronica Bruni
    • Tintora
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    Ohame-Brancy Chibuzo
    • Alessio
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    Carlo Daniele
    • Marco
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    • Barista
    Lucianna De Falco
    • Marilena
    Barbara Folchitto
    Barbara Folchitto
    Francesca Gamba
    Benedetta Gargari
    • Martina
    • Director
      • Ferzan Özpetek
    • Writers
      • Gianni Romoli
      • Ferzan Özpetek
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    • Trivia
      Massimo Girotti died on 6 January 2003 and the movie is dedicated to his memory. Before he was cast, Ferzan Özpetek had considered also Jean Rochefort and Serge Reggiani for his role.
    • Soundtracks
      La Finestra di fronte
      Written by Andrea Guerra

    User reviews51

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    8/10
    What a surprise!
    I very much appreciated Ozpetek's previous film, "Le fate ignoranti", which has earned him a lot of respect on the part of both audiences and critics, in Italy and beyond. I was reluctant to go see this film because of the casting of Raoul Bova (a second-rate actor who doesn't have much substance behind his good looks and began his career as a teenage heartthrob - what a pity it didn't end there) and because of the reference to the Nazi deportation of Roman Jews, which took place on October 16th, 1943 - I just felt that to use this as a pretext for a gay love story was kind of cheap. But nearly everyone I knew who had gone see the film kept me telling that it was good, so I became so curious that I decided to go. Well, my friends were absolutely right.

    Ozpetek's strength is his ability to portray characters that are realistic without being obvious, so everyone can relate to them without identifying with them. He showed that already good ability in "Le fate ignoranti" as well, but this time he seems to have developed it even further. His approach is always personal, and this enables him to make films that are deeply introspective. It is the kind of films that the French are usually good at making, but Ozpetek in not an imitator. What makes his films so DIFFERENT is that there seems an emotional involvement that is very difficult to find elsewhere; at the same time, this never translates into trite sentimentalism or dull rhetoric.

    This is an outstanding film, and this is so also thanks to the performances given by most of the actors. Massimo Girotti, in his last appearance before his death, shows that, at about 80 years of age, he was still able to be a first-class actor (and this explains why he featured in so many films by Visconti); after this film, which is dedicated to him, we will all miss him even more than we already did. Giovanna Mezzogiorno, the daughter of a late actor herself, also gives an outstanding performance as the woman who finds herself at the crossroads and is torn between passion and the responsibilities of everyday life, between reality and desire, just like so many of us often are. Filippo Nigro, who also featured in a minor role in "Le fate ignoranti", is given a more important role in this film, and deservedly so. The only exception is Raoul Bova, and I wonder why Ozpetek seems to have a compelling need to cast "actors" who are more sort of toy boys, mostly in secondary roles (Bova in this case, Gabriel Garko in "Le fate ignoranti"), who usually have very limited acting abilities and who almost inevitably end up faring very poorly and suffering from the comparison that is inevitably drawn between their performances and those of the other actors who feature in the films; which is even more striking if we take into account the fact that Ozpetek seems to have the ability to rejuvenate actors and to make them play characters that are very different from their clichés (as an example, consider not only Massimo Girotti in this case, but also Margherita Buy in "le fate ignoranti").

    Just one word for the soundtrack, which made the film even more touching and has spawned a major Italian chart hit.

    The only criticism that can be made? How come that Italian directors seem to have lost the ability to say something about the society in which they live? In the past, they were able to be sardonic about it, and to intertwine the two levels, social and personal. Now the only films they seem able to make are personal-only stories, and that's a pity.

    Altogether, a deeply recommended film.
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    • May 11, 2003

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    • Release date
      • June 18, 2004 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Turkey
      • Portugal
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Sony Pictures Classics (United States)
      • Zootrope Films (France)
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • The Window Opposite
    • Filming locations
      • Sisto Bridge, Rome, Lazio, Italy(aka Ponte Sisto, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
    • Production companies
      • R&C Produzioni
      • AFS Film
      • Clap Filmes
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $543,354
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $36,061
      • Jun 20, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $15,535,312
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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