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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary In Sicily, Anna (Juliette Binoche) is meeting her son Giuseppe’s French girlfriend, Jeanne (Lou de Laâge), in the lead up to Easter festivities. Young and enchanting, Jeanne arrived with excitement before Giuseppe, whose continued delays and lack of presence cast a dark, mysterious shadow over the household. Why is Giuseppe not here and...

Directed By: Piero Messina

Written By: Giacomo Bendotti, Ilaria Macchia, Andrea Paolo Massara, Luigi Pirandello, Piero Messina

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 40 m
L'Attesa (The Wait)
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
58
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.3
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Summary In Sicily, Anna (Juliette Binoche) is meeting her son Giuseppe’s French girlfriend, Jeanne (Lou de Laâge), in the lead up to Easter festivities. Young and enchanting, Jeanne arrived with excitement before Giuseppe, whose continued delays and lack of presence cast a dark, mysterious shadow over the household. Why is Giuseppe not here and...

Directed By: Piero Messina

Written By: Giacomo Bendotti, Ilaria Macchia, Andrea Paolo Massara, Luigi Pirandello, Piero Messina

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
58
29% Positive
4 Reviews
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
58
29% Positive
4 Reviews
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review

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88
May 5, 2016
Mostly, we watch Binoche’s face, in eloquent, mesmerizing close-up; pain and grief engulf her expression like water flooding into a still pool. She has few words. She doesn’t need them.
By Moira Macdonald FULL REVIEW
75
May 5, 2016
L’Attesa — also known as “The Wait” — is atmospheric and moody, serious and full of portent; and if it weren’t so good, it would probably be unbearable.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 28, 2016
The film is a moody and lyrical contemplation of grief and the connections that can be found within the void of loss.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 25, 2016
The entire film is a game of cat and mouse in the emotional equivalent of slow-motion, made watchable by elegant compositions and De Laâge’s natural beauty.
By Lisa Nesselson FULL REVIEW
58
Apr 28, 2016
The only way to enjoy this movie is to concentrate on its frequently stunning compositions and ignore the fact that none of it makes even a tiny lick of sense.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
50
May 24, 2016
What The Wait really needs is more: more story, more character, and more reason to grieve with these women. Because what these women have to grieve is worthy of time and attention, yet these qualities are frustratingly absent from this film.
By Gary Garrison FULL REVIEW
30
Apr 27, 2016
Binoche's hushed histrionics, though, are of a piece with the fruity portentousness of L'Attesa.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.3
57% Positive
4 Ratings
14% Mixed
1 Rating
29% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.3
57% Positive
4 Ratings
14% Mixed
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29% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Indigo Film, Barbary Films, Medusa Film, Pathé, Banca Nuova, Renato Ragosta Team Holding, Eurimages, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT), Regione Siciliana, Sicilia Film Commission, Sensi Contemporanei Cinema e Audiovisivo
Release Date Apr 29, 2016
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Website http://www.indigofilm.it/produzioni/film/69/lattesa
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
David di Donatello Awards
• 2 Nominations

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