Ten Winters (2009)

Born of a chance meeting in Venice, Silvestro and Camilla's rocky romance unfolds over 10 winters as new lovers come and go but they are eternally thrust back into one another's arms.

Director:

Valerio Mieli

Writers:

Valerio Mieli (novel), Valerio Mieli (screenplay)

Stars:

Isabella Ragonese, Michele Riondino, Glen Blackhall

9 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Isabella Ragonese	...	Camilla
Michele Riondino	...	Silvestro
Glen Blackhall	...	Simone
Sergey Zhigunov	...	Fjodor
Sergey Nikonenko	...	Prof. Korsakov
Lyubov Zaytseva	...	Liuba (as Liuba Zaizeva)
Alice Torriani	...	Clara
Sara Lazzaro	...	Maria Antonietta
Francesco Brandi	...	Niccolò
Luca Avagliano	...	Ermanno
Francesca Cuttica	...	Elena
Roberto Nobile	...	Camilla's Father
Luis Molteni	...	Doctor
Vinicio Capossela	...	Self
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Waléra Kanischtscheff	...	Victor (voice)

Storyline

It is the winter of 1999. A vaporetto crosses the Venice lagoon. Camilla "Isabella Ragonese", a shy 18-year-old, just arrived from the country to study Russian literature, noticed a boy in the crowd. He also carries a suitcase with him, he has just arrived. The two begin to look at each other: she is shy, he more brash. Silvestro "Michele Riondino" is the same age as Camilla, but unlike her, he hides his inexperience behind a naive bravado. And when the vaporetto docks, he decides to follow the girl through the misty streets of an island in the lagoon - Thus begins a ten-year adventure that will take the two boys from the daily Venice of the students to the alienating frenzy of Moscow, with its theaters and huge busy streets. Camilla and Silvestro will live other love stories, they will write, they will be roommates in the same house on the lagoon, guests at a wedding in the Russian countryside and then still passers-by distracted in the crowded Rialto market. They will be enemies, ...

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Plot Keywords:

winter | kiss | wedding | venice italy | van | 

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Genres:

Romance

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Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in OffStage - Interviste dal Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia: Episode #1.3 (2016)

User Reviews

seductive

a puzzle more than romance. a war more than a love story. romantic but, more important, smart. or, in few scenes, almost wise. because it is not only a love story but a story about the science to discover yourself in the other. like a picture from many crumbs. far to be original, it is an refreshing story about a young woman and a young man across a decade. small gestures, scenes of angry and regrets, delicate meetings and a lot of frustration, the Italian spirit and an universal story. the precise measure, the sense of ages, the art to give to each character traits of a sketch, the landscapes and the levels of life and the need of the other, the house and the teenager spirit who remains axis of a touching film who transforms in inspired manner the rules of the romance.

Details

Country:

Italy Russia

Language:

Italian Russian English

Release Date:

25 November 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Desyat zim

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$703,936

Company Credits

Production Co:

CSC Production, Rai Cinema, United Film Company (UFC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1