Well-to-do, sophisticated coupIe, Elsa and Michele, have a 20 year-oId daughter, Alice, and enough money for Elsa to leave her job and fulfiII an old dream of studying art history. After she graduates, however, their lives change. MicheIe confesses he hasn't worked in two months and was fired by the company he founded years ago. Elsa overcomes her initial shock by pouring extra energy into facing the crisis, whiIe MicheIe, exhausted by an unsuccessfuI job hunt, lets himseIf go, aIternating between vivacity and apathy. The growing distance between them eventuaIly leads to a break-up. Only when they part wiIl they realize that they risk losing their most precious possession: the Iove that binds them. WlNNER Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, 2008 David di Donatello Awards (ItaIian Academy Awards) - 15 Nominations totaI WlNNER Best Actress, Moscow IntI FiIm Festival OFFlClAL SELECTION Toronto Intl Film Festival, Seattle lntI FiIm FestivaI, London FiIm FestivaI, Rome Film FestivaI, Newport IntI Film FestivaI, Munich FiIm Festival, Open Roads: New ltaIian Cinema (Film Society of LincoIn Center, NY) |