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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Emerging Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Emerging Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Irene lives an isolated life. Her job is to help terminally-ill people die with dignity by giving them a drug. One day she supplies Grimaldi, a new client, with a fatal dose, only to find out he’s perfectly healthy. Irene is determined not to be responsible for his suicide. As a result, Irene and Grimaldi become locked in a tense and unu...

Directed By: Valeria Golino

Written By: Mauro Covacich, Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella, Valeria Golino

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Emerging Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Emerging Pictures
  • 1 h 36 m
Honey
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Irene lives an isolated life. Her job is to help terminally-ill people die with dignity by giving them a drug. One day she supplies Grimaldi, a new client, with a fatal dose, only to find out he’s perfectly healthy. Irene is determined not to be responsible for his suicide. As a result, Irene and Grimaldi become locked in a tense and unu...

Directed By: Valeria Golino

Written By: Mauro Covacich, Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella, Valeria Golino

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Mar 4, 2014
For all its minor faults of under-developed characters and disjointed scenes, “Honey” is worth seeing not only for the compelling performances from the two leads but for the incredibly effective use of light, reminding us just how much other films take it for granted.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 6, 2014
Honey, the impressive debut feature by Ms. Golino, sustains a contemplative mood with undersaturated cinematography that evokes the world as perceived through a light mist.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 4, 2014
With striking compositions and cuts that reveal a deep appreciation of cinema's possibilities, Valeria Golino's Honey could be about anything at all and still demand and hold your attention; that the narrative is as moving as the film is aesthetically precise is an added delight.
By Zachary Wigon FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 27, 2014
Trinca delivers a marvelously unfussy performance, rendering her complex character gradually, along with the effects of the opposing forces that tear at her.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 6, 2014
Driven by a no-nonsense ethos, the film avoids sentimentality the same way its main character avoids sentiment.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 10, 2014
ts small achievement is in trying to understand the life-and-death choices of two people who aren’t as certain about what they’re doing as they initially appear.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 4, 2014
An impressively mature directing debut from Italian actress Valeria Golino, who crafts an often engrossing character study around an assisted suicide activist.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Buena Onda, Les Films des Tournelles, Rai Cinema, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC), Cité Films, Maggiore Rent
Release Date Mar 7, 2014
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/mielefilm
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Awards

David di Donatello Awards
• 7 Nominations
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Golden Ciak Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations

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