original title:
L'attesa
directed by:
cast:
screenplay:
Giacomo Bendotti, Ilaria Macchia, Andrea Paolo Massara, Piero Messina, inspired by "La vita che ti diedi" by Luigi Pirandello
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
costume design:
producer:
Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori, Fabio Conversi, Jérôme Seydoux
production:
Indigo Film, Medusa Film, Barbary Films, supported by Ministero della Cultura, in association with Banca Nuova, Renato Ragosta Team Holding, with the support of Eurimages, Regione Sicilia
distribution:
Medusa Film [Italy], Palace Films [Australia], Filmladen [Austria], Imovision [Brazil], Filmbazar [Denmark], Prior Entertainment [Estonia], Cinemanse [Finland], Bellissima Films [France], Strada Films [Greece], Edge Entertainment [Iceland], Prior Entertainment [Latvia], Prior Entertainment [Lithuania], Palace Films [New Zealand], Alambique [Portugal], Challan [South Korea], VerCine [Spain], Edge Entertainment [Sweden], M3 Film [Turkey], Studiocanal [United Kingdom], Oscilloscope [United States]
world sales:
country:
Italy/France
year:
2015
film run:
100'
format:
colour
release date:
17/09/2015
festivals & awards:
Among the large rooms of an old villa marked by time, Anna spends her days in solitude.
The rugged and beautiful Sicilian countryside surrounding the house isolates her while the slowly rising fog prevents the eye seeing any distance. Only the footsteps of Pietro, the handyman, break the silence.
And all of a sudden Catherine appears, a young woman who claims to be the girlfriend of Giuseppe, Anna’s son. He invited her to Sicily to spend a few days’ holiday together. The two women do not know each other. Anna did not even know of Jeanne’s existence. And Giuseppe is not there. Where has he gone? His things are all there, in his room.
Soon, very soon he will return, is what Anna says. The days pass, the two women slowly get to know each other, they learn to wait. Easter is coming, in the village the traditional procession is being prepared. Will Giuseppe return one night?