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Days and Clouds

Original title: Giorni e nuvole
  • 20072007
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 58m
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Antonio Albanese and Margherita Buy in Giorni e nuvole (2007)
A drama centered around a proud man who cannot reveal to his wife the true state of their economic situation until they are forced to put their home on the market.
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A well-off and sophisticated couple struggles to stay together after the husband loses his job.A well-off and sophisticated couple struggles to stay together after the husband loses his job.A well-off and sophisticated couple struggles to stay together after the husband loses his job.

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1.6K
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  • Director
    • Silvio Soldini
  • Writers
    • Silvio Soldini(story)
    • Doriana Leondeff(story)
    • Francesco Piccolo(story)
  • Stars
    • Margherita Buy
    • Antonio Albanese
    • Giuseppe Battiston
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  • Director
    • Silvio Soldini
  • Writers
    • Silvio Soldini(story)
    • Doriana Leondeff(story)
    • Francesco Piccolo(story)
  • Stars
    • Margherita Buy
    • Antonio Albanese
    • Giuseppe Battiston
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    • 9User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 35 nominations

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    Antonio Albanese and Margherita Buy in Giorni e nuvole (2007)
    Margherita Buy in Giorni e nuvole (2007)
    Antonio Albanese and Margherita Buy in Giorni e nuvole (2007)
    Antonio Albanese, Margherita Buy, and Alba Rohrwacher in Giorni e nuvole (2007)
    Margherita Buy and Alba Rohrwacher in Giorni e nuvole (2007)
    Silvio Soldini in Giorni e nuvole (2007)
    Antonio Albanese and Margherita Buy in Giorni e nuvole (2007)
    Antonio Albanese and Margherita Buy in Giorni e nuvole (2007)
    Antonio Albanese and Margherita Buy in Giorni e nuvole (2007)

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    Margherita Buy
    Margherita Buy
    • Elsaas Elsa
    Antonio Albanese
    Antonio Albanese
    • Micheleas Michele
    Giuseppe Battiston
    Giuseppe Battiston
    • Vitoas Vito
    Alba Rohrwacher
    Alba Rohrwacher
    • Aliceas Alice
    Carla Signoris
    Carla Signoris
    • Nadiaas Nadia
    Fabio Troiano
    Fabio Troiano
    • Rikias Riki
    Paolo Sassanelli
    Paolo Sassanelli
    • Salviatias Salviati
    Arnaldo Ninchi
    • Padre di Micheleas Padre di Michele
    Teco Celio
    • Ragionier Terzettias Ragionier Terzetti
    Antonio Carlo Francini
    • Lucianoas Luciano
    Carlo Scola
    • Fabrizioas Fabrizio
    Alberto Giusta
    • Robertoas Roberto
    Orietta Notari
    • Signora Carminatias Signora Carminati
    Nicoletta Maragno
    • Restauratriceas Restauratrice
    Arianna Comes
    • Apprendista restauroas Apprendista restauro
    Tatiana Lepore
    • Cristinaas Cristina
    Roberto Serpi
    • Claudioas Claudio
    Mauro Parrinello
    • Jacopoas Jacopo
    • Director
      • Silvio Soldini
    • Writers
      • Silvio Soldini(story) (screenplay)
      • Doriana Leondeff(story) (screenplay)
      • Francesco Piccolo(story) (screenplay)
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    Manager Michele lost his job but didn't tell his wife Eve, who was completing her art history PhD. Michele ponders whether to accept quickly a less lucrative job or hope for a better one. He opts to look for a higher paying job, in an attempt to retain their upper-middle class status and lifestyle, but is disappointed time and time again. Eventually, they are forced to sell their home and rent an apartment in a working class neighborhood. Meanwhile, she is forced to take two part-time jobs, and stop her volunteer work restoring a fresco. As the reality of their new working-class status emerges, they struggle to hold onto their sense of selves and their relationship. —EA Bianco
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      SONO TREMENDO
      Written by Giosy Capuano (as G.Capuano), Mario Capuano (as M.Capuano) and Danilo Ciotti (as A.D.Ciotti)

      © Edizioni Chappell S.r.l. / Fonit Cetra Music Publishing S.r.l.

      Interpretata da Pivio & Tuscolano Brothers

      Per gentile concessione di Warner Chappell Music Italiana S.r.l.

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    8/10
    Sad, funny, and eventually deeply moving. And well acted!
    Days and Clouds (2007)

    Tender, true, and rather moving without being the slightest bit sentimental. This is a look at normal life, in a way, in modern Northern Italy (the setting is Genoa). A fairly comfortable middle aged couple is going through a crisis as one loses a job and the money crunch adds to other everyday stresses.

    And that's it. Which is a lot when you realize that that's it. There will be no murder or shocking accidents, no illness or surprise turn of events of any kind, really. Which is why it draws you further and further, gently, with more humor than pathos, until you really believe these people, or these kind of people, exist quite like this. It's not a random slice of life, since there is certainly a core problem being scrutinized (the loss of a job in mid-life, etc.). But in many ways the little events are so "little" in the cinematic sense they are just a small pageant for the viewer.

    So what makes it sing beyond the compelling, restrained story is the acting, above all the acting. The couple, the husband and wife facing the crisis, makes sense because the woman (Margherita Buy) and the man (Antonio Albanese) are so perfect at being imperfect. They don't push their crisis too hard, nor do that have the ideal love at the beginning. What they show is the normal troubled tenderness and awkward anger of getting into such a situation.

    Besides a second thread following somewhat their daughter's life, which has taken a less materialistic turn then the parents, the movie adds a whole other element throughout--early Renaissance art. The mother happens to have just finished (belatedly) her graduate degree in Italian art from the 1400s. And she is helping restore an obscure small ceiling painting somewhere else in town, seeing it gradually reveal itself as the movie progresses. The reason this matters is it adds an element of beauty and idealism that is implied by the whole rest of the movie. That we (all of us) are not simply here to make ends meet and worry about money. And this something bigger (call it art, call it something spiritual inspired by art or inspiring art) is what holds us up at times.

    So by the end the two aspects--the mundane and the ethereal--meld, every so softly. Quite beautiful.
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    • Release date
      • July 11, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Switzerland
      • France
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Giorni e nuvole
    • Filming locations
      • Genoa, Liguria, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Amka Films Productions
      • Lumière & Company
      • Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana (RTSI)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €300,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $112,102
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $16,707
      • Jul 13, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,966,224
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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