Directed by:
Marco BellocchioCinematography:
Daniele CiprìComposer:
Carlo CrivelliCast:
Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Maya Sansa, Toni Servillo, Michele Riondino, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Roberto Herlitzka, Fabrizio Falco, Federica Fracassi (more)Plots(1)
The new film by Marco Bellocchio, an acclaimed director who participated in the Venice Film Festival competition, is a mosaic of tales, some closely, and some loosely connected to Eluana Englaro and her story. She has been in a coma for seventeen years, and she remains alive thanks to machines. The film follows a senator deciding whether to vote for a bill that conflicts with his conscience; his daughter, Maria, demonstrating against euthanasia in front of the hospital where Eluana is kept; and Roberto, who captures Maria's heart but who defends the opposite barricade. Depicting the actress’s last six days, the picture explores the meaning and essence of life. The director poses the question of whether a person has the right to decide about the life and death of their loved ones. (Febiofest)
(more)Cast
Isabelle Huppert
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Common Man (1975)
The Lacemaker (1977)
Alba Rohrwacher
Italy
Best movies:
Perfect Strangers (2016)
My Brother Is an Only Child (2007)
The Place (2017)
Maya Sansa
Italy
Best movies:
The Best of Youth (2003) (series)
Singing Mates (2019) (TV movie)
Good Morning, Night (2003)
Toni Servillo
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Beauty (2013)
The Jewel (2011)
The Consequences of Love (2004)
Michele Riondino
Italy
Best movies:
Pietro Mennea: La freccia del Sud (2015) (TV movie)
Fortapàsc (2009)
Black Arrow (2006) (series)
Gianmarco Tognazzi
Italy
Best movies:
Pietro Mennea: La freccia del Sud (2015) (TV movie)
Falcone (1999) (TV movie)
Misunderstood (2014)
Roberto Herlitzka
Italy
Best movies:
Seven Beauties (1975)
Love and Anarchy (1973)
The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987)
Fabrizio Falco
Italy
Best movies:
It Was the Son (2012)
Wondrous Boccaccio (2015)
Dormant Beauty (2012)
Federica Fracassi
Best movies:
Couch Potatoes (2017)
Radioactive (2019)
There Will Come a Day (2013)
Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
Italy
Best movies:
Good Morning, Night (2003)
The Traitor (2019)
La figlia di Elisa - Ritorno a Rivombrosa (2007) (series)
Vanessa Scalera
Italy
Best movies:
A Girl Returned (2021)
Lea (2015)
Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi (2009) (series)
Bruno Cariello
Best movies:
Giuseppe Moscati: L'amore che guarisce (2007) (TV movie)
Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000) (TV movie)
Non è mai troppo tardi (2014) (TV movie)
Brenno Placido
Italy
Best movies:
Crime Novel (2005)
Luisa Spagnoli (2016) (TV movie)
Caravaggio's Shadow (2022)
Fabrice Scott
Best movies:
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Romeo and Juliet (2013)
The Listening (2006)
Filippo Gili
Italy
Best movies:
18 Presents (2020)
Un passo dal cielo (2011) (series)
Dormant Beauty (2012)
Paola Bonesi
Best movies:
Dormant Beauty (2012)
Vittoria Piancastelli
Italy
Best movies:
Don't Move (2004)
A testa alta: I martiri di Fiesole (2014) (TV movie)
Tre uomini e una gamba (1997)
Carmelo Galati
Italy
Best movies:
Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi (2009) (series)
The Young Montalbano (2012) (series)
Felicia Impastato (2016) (TV movie)