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A Espera (2015)

L'attesa (original title)
M/12 | | Drama | 14 April 2016 (Portugal)
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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

Writers:

Giacomo Bendotti, Ilaria Macchia | 3 more credits »

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Juliette Binoche, Giorgio Colangeli, Lou de Laâge | See full cast & crew »
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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)
Giovanni Anzaldo Giovanni Anzaldo ... Giuseppe Remigi
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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.

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Plot Keywords:

lie | sicily | title at the end | procession | easter | See All (30) »

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Drama

Certificate:

M/12 | See all certifications »

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Official Sites:

Indigo Film [Italy] | Juliette Binoche: The Art of Being - Official Fansite | See more »

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | French

Release Date:

14 April 2016 (Portugal) See more »

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Filming Locations:

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Box Office

Budget:

EUR3,200,850 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,686, 1 May 2016

Gross USA:

$55,804

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,010,766
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Indigo Film, Barbary Films, Medusa Film See more »
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Color

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2.35 : 1
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mourning, beauty and suspense
3 April 2016 | by existentialize-86248 – See all my reviews

I've seen it as a part of Italian Cinema Festival in Lisbon, the director was there. To the end I wondered how this relatively young man could make it - bring a spectator in the intersection of sorrow, enchantment and tension and keep him there the whole film.

There was a lot of wondering in general - during and after, - a lot of associations and interpretations. The film keeps you very alive in spite of difficult theme, awaken, wanting something from the characters, wanting to be like the characters, asking questions, enjoying slow beautiful shots, colors, landscapes, soundtrack, actresses. Remembering other roles of Juliette Binoche as in "Three colors: Blue" and "Paris, je t'aime", other astonishingly beautiful Italian films like "Stealing beauty". Wishing it to resolute and stop and to continue after titles.

J.S. Foer said "humorous is the only way to tell a sad story". "L 'attesa" with very convincing vitality states that the only way to tell a sad story is beautiful.
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