Nanni Moretti plays Pietro, a TV executive who discovers his wife dead in a freak accident. Puzzled why grief does not kick in, he stops going to work, and installs himself on a park bench opposite his daughter’s school. While waiting to collect her each day he has a series of encounters with the people in the park, and with family and work colleagues who get used to his new regime.
Moretti gives a complex performance as a decent man suddenly thrown into crisis, ably supported by the rest of the magnificent cast.
Both funny and moving, this subtle and tender film was a huge and deserved hit in Italy.
The DVD includes behind the scenes feature and interviews with cast and crew.
Antonello Grimaldi Director
Filmography Selected
Born in Sassari in Italy in 1955, Antonello Grimaldi studied law and subsequently trained at Gaumont Film School in Rome.
He has worked as both a television and cinema director and his films have been widely shown in festivals around the world.
1983 JUKE BOX
1988 NULLA CI PUO’ FERMARE
1996 IL CIELO È SEMPRE PIÙ BLU (Bits and Pieces)
1999 ASINI
2001 UN DELITTO IMPOSSIBILE (An Impossible Crime)
2004 LA MOGLIE CINESE TV Mini-series
2008 QUIET CHAOS (Caos Calmo)
Directed by
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ANTONELLO GRIMALDI |
Written by
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NANNI MORETTI, LAURA PAOLUCCI, FRANCESCO PICCOLO |
Casting
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LAURA MUCCINO, ANNAMARIA SAMBUCCO |
Assistant Director
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LOREDANA CONTE |
Costume Designer
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ALEXANDRA TOESCA |
Production Designer
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GIADA CALABRIA |
| Sound Director |
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GAETANO CARITO
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Music
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PAOLO BUONVINO |
| Director of Photography |
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ALESSANDRO PESCI
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Editing
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ANGELO NICOLINI |
Make-up
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GIANFRANCO MECACCI |
Production Manager
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ROBERTO LEONE |
Production Supervisor
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CLAUDIO ZAMPETTI |
Line Producer
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GIANLUCA LEURINI |
Creative Producer
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LAURA PAOLUCCI |
Executive Producer
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ERIC ABRAHAM
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Produced by
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DOMENICO PROCACCI
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A Fandango production in collaboration with RAI Cinema in association with Portobello Pictures and Phoenix Film Investment
Produced with the support of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities (Ministero per I Beni Culturali e Ambientali – Dipartimento Spettacolo)
COLOUR - 112 mins - 1.85 - 2008 - ITALY
Cast
| Pietro Paladini |
NANNI MORETTI |
| Marta |
VALERIA GOLINO |
| Eleonora Simoncini |
ISABELLA FERRARI |
| Carlo |
ALESSANDRO GASSMAN |
| Claudia |
BLU YOSHIMI |
| Jean-Claude |
HIPPOLYTE GIRARDOT |
| Jolanda |
KASIA SMUTNIAK |
| Thierry |
DENIS PODALYDÈS |
| Boesson |
CHARLES BERLING |
| Samuele |
SILVIO ORLANDO |
| Annalisa |
ALBA ROHRWACHER
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| MANUELA MORABITO |
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| ROBERTO NOBILE |
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| BABAK KARIM |
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| BEATRICE BRUSCHI |
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| ANTONELLA ATTILI |
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| SARA D’AMARIO |
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| CLORIS BROSCA |
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| TATIANA LEPORE |
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| STEFANO GUGLIELMI |
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| ANNA GIGANTE |
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| VALENTINA CARNELUTTI |
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| NESTOR SAIED |
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| DINA BRASCHI |
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| UGO DE CESARE |
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'Quietly alluring'
Jonathan Romney, Sight and Sound
★★★★
Kevin Maher, The Times
★★★
Empire
★★★
'Italian film maestro stars…Moretti’s low-key grief casts an affecting spell'
Sukhdev Sandhu, Daily Telegraph
★★★★
'A warm, beguiling, human drama…very engaging'
Allan Hunter, Daily Express
★★★
'Nanni Moretti on fine form…this is a slow-burning, very well acted film'
Karl French Financial Times
★★★
'This slow-burning emotional Italian drama… Moretti gives a fine performance'
Derek Malcom Evening Standard
★★★
'Striking and funny moments – and Moretti’s immensely charming, reassuring presence'
Robert Hanks, The Independent
★★★★
Pick of the week
'The Italian Woody Allen, Euro-fave Nanni Moretti…warm, sensitive and thoughtful'
Metro
'I enjoyed this film'
Philip French, The Observer
'Intelligent and elegantly directed'
Jonathan Romney, Independent on Sunday
★★★★
'Moretti – a warm and endearing presence'
'A tender film about love, fatherhood and grief made with considerable skill'
Jason Solomons, The Daily Mail
