2023
Music Box Films
1 h 39 m

2023
Music Box Films
1 h 39 m

Summary Clara (Penélope Cruz) and her emotionally distant husband Felice (Vincenzo Amato) relocate to Rome to raise a family. Even though the paint is fresh, and the appliances are new, the crushing expectations around marriage, desire, and gender in the early 1970s remain as traditional as ever. Their children Andrew (Luana Giuliani), Gino, and...

Drama

Directed By: Emanuele Crialese

Written By: Francesca Manieri, Vittorio Moroni, Emanuele Crialese

2023
Music Box Films
1 h 39 m

2023
Music Box Films
1 h 39 m

L'Immensità

Name: L'Immensità
Genre: Drama
Released: 2023-05-12
Duration: 1 min 39 s
Rating: 70
Cast: Penélope Cruz, Vincenzo Amato, Luana Giuliani, Patrizio Francioni, María Chiara Goretti

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings

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Directed By: Emanuele Crialese

Written By: Francesca Manieri, Vittorio Moroni, Emanuele Crialese

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Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews

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TheWrap

Jan 20, 2023

By showing the tangled relationship between a mother and her dysphoric child, L’Immensità writes a love letter to the lonely.

By Lena Wilson FULL REVIEW

The Observer (UK)

Aug 14, 2023

Of the two main characters, Clara provides the tonal touchstone for the film. Like her, the picture spins off into moments of unpredictable fantasy – musical numbers inspired by television variety shows. Music – peppy Italian pop, schmaltzy ballads – is inventively employed throughout, but the use of colour and costume is particularly evocative.

By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

May 2, 2023

Like so many Bildungsroman, it’s a tapestry crammed with incidental details, just as busy as the fantastic vintage-style prints on the women’s dresses and the flammable upholstery in the interiors. But then Crialese, who’s always been good with performers, will serve up a moment of achingly sad stillness.

By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Jun 7, 2023

L’immensità lives up to its title: It’s a small but all-encompassing portrait of how life feels in a certain time and place — when the broken pieces of one’s true self are invisibly coming together, even when getting them to fit feels too overwhelming to contemplate.

By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW

The Irish Times

Aug 11, 2023

Adri’s gorgeously staged fantasies offer a happy detour that ultimately undermines the film’s emotional gravitas. This remains, nonetheless, a charming coming-of-age portrait with a poignant sense of time and place.

By Tara Brady FULL REVIEW

Screen Daily

May 2, 2023

The force of Cruz’s charisma — she’s like a cross between Sophia Loren and a solar flare — is more than enough to justify spending time with the family.

By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW

Little White Lies

Aug 14, 2023

It feels as if Crialese wants to explore this subject matter without potentially alienating an audience who may disagree with the stance it takes, so everything political is soft edged, and Adri’s dilemma is nudged to the background in the film’s final act.

By David Jenkins FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Wildside, Chapter 2, France 3 Cinéma, Pathé, Warner Bros., Canal+, Regione Toscana, Toscana Film Commission, Ciné+, France Télévisions, MIC

Release Date May 12, 2023

Duration 1 h 39 m

Genres

Drama

Website https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'immensit%C3%A0_(film)

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Awards

David di Donatello Awards

• 3 Nominations

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Venice Film Festival

• 2 Nominations

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Penélope Cruz

Clara

Vincenzo Amato

Felice

Luana Giuliani

Adri

Patrizio Francioni

Gino

María Chiara Goretti

Diana

Penélope Nieto Conti

Sara

Alvia Reale

Nonna

India Santella

María

Mariangela Granelli

Dottoressa

Carlo Gallo

Alberto

Rita De Donato

Marina (Amiga Felice)

Valentina Cenni

Giuseppina

Ilaria Genatiempo

Paola

Francesco Casisa

Molestatore 1

Filippo Pucillo

Molestatore 2

Clara Ponsot

Camilla

Ugo Giacomazzi

Francesco

Aurora Quattrocchi

Bisnonna

Giuseppe Pattavina

Bisnonno

Camillo Ventola

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