Well-to-do, sophisticated couple, Elsa and Michele, have a 20 year-old daughter, Alice, and enough money for EIsa to leave her job and fulfiII an old dream of studying art history. After she graduates, however, their Iives change. MicheIe confesses he hasn't worked in two months and was fired by the company he founded years ago. Elsa overcomes her initiaI shock by pouring extra energy into facing the crisis, while MicheIe, exhausted by an unsuccessful job hunt, Iets himself go, alternating between vivacity and apathy. The growing distance between them eventually leads to a break-up. OnIy when they part wilI they reaIize that they risk Iosing their most precious possession: the love that binds them. WINNER Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, 2008 David di DonatelIo Awards (ltalian Academy Awards) - 15 Nominations total WINNER Best Actress, Moscow lntl Film FestivaI OFFICIAL SELECTlON Toronto lntI FiIm FestivaI, SeattIe Intl Film Festival, London Film Festival, Rome FiIm FestivaI, Newport lntI Film Festival, Munich Film FestivaI, Open Roads: New ltaIian Cinema (FiIm Society of LincoIn Center, NY) |