A mother unexpectedly meets her son's fiancée at a villa in Sicily and gets to know her as she waits for her son to arrive.
Director:
Piero Messina
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Title: L'attesa (2015)
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| Cast overview: | |||
| Juliette Binoche | ... | Anna Remigi | |
| Lou de Laâge | ... | Jeanne | |
| Giorgio Colangeli | ... | Pietro | |
| Domenico Diele | ... | Giorgio | |
| Antonio Folletto | ... | Paolo | |
| Corinna Locastro | ... | Rosa (as Corinna Lo Castro) | |
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Giovanni Anzaldo | ... | Giuseppe Remigi |
A mother unexpectedly meets her son's fiancée at a villa in Sicily and gets to know her as she waits for her son to arrive.
This is a haunting movie, but I think it could have used a tad more plot. Even Binoche's genius for ambiguous facial expressions strains to paper over deficiencies in the story.
I was intrigued to see that it was based on a Pirandello play, but "based" is too strong - it's at best inspired by "La vita che ti diedi", and from what I can tell (I'm not fluent in Italian) the movie omits most of the play's boldest psychological points.