Don't tell (Film) (La bestia nel cuore)

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original title:

La bestia nel cuore

directed by:

Cristina Comencini

cast:

Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Battiston, Luigi Lo Cascio, Francesca Inaudi, Valerio Binasco, Roberto Infascelli, Alessia Agrosì, Julian Ferro, Simona Lisi

screenplay:

Cristina Comencini, Francesca Marciano, Giulia Calenda, from the novel "La bestia nel cuore" by Cristina Comencini

cinematography:

editing:

set design:

costume design:

music:

visual effects:

Francesco Sabelli - R.S.G.

producer:

Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini

production:

Cattleya, Rai Cinema, Aquarius Film, Alquimia Cinema, BaBe Films

distribution:

01 Distribution [Italy]

world sales:

Newen Connect [France]

country:

Italy/France/Spain/UK

year:

2005

film run:

12O'

format:

35mm - colour

release date:

09/09/2005

festivals & awards:

Viva il Cinema! Journées du film italien de Tours 2022: Hommage à Cristina Comencini
Villerupt Italian Film Festival 2020: Portrait Cristina Comencini
Italy on screen today New York - Film&TvSeries Fest 2019
FebioFest 2007: Contemporary Italian Women Cinema
Festival International du Film de Mons 2007: Panorama cinéma italien
Italian Film Festival USA 2007: In Competition
New Zealand Italian Film festival 2007: Panorama
Academy Awards 2006: Nomination for Foreign Language Film
CPH PIX 2006: Festival Favourites
David di Donatello 2006: Best Supporting Actress (Angela Finocchiaro)
Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla 2006: Focus Italy
Festival del Cinema Italiano - Japan 2006
Filmfest München 2006: International Program
Istanbul Film Festival 2006: In Competition
Les rencontres du cinéma italien à Toulouse 2006: In Competition
LIFFe - Ljubljana International Film Festival 2006: Horizons
MittelCinemaFest 2006: Panorama
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2006: Gala Film Presentations
Vancouver International Film Festival 2006: Cinema of Our Time
World Film Festival Of Bangkok 2006: Windows on the World
Annecy Cinema Italien 2005: Panorama
BFI London Film Festival 2005: Cinema Europa
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano 2005: Muestra de Cine Italiano
Haifa International Film Festival 2005: Panorama
International Film Festival of India 2005: Cinema of the World
La Biennale di Venezia 2005: In Competition - Coppa Volpi (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), Prize Arca Cinema Giovani
Stockholm International Film Festival 2005: Open Zone

Sabina is beautiful, enjoys her job and loves her boyfriend, but is she truly happy?For some time now strange nightmares have tormented her, and finding herself pregnant forces open a disquieting window onto her own inner life: her memories, her adolescence, her family, bourgeois rituals at once both strict and reassuring.But these are only the surface.From deeper down something much darker and more disturbing is about to be revealed.