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Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World

2017 · 92 min

A gentle, bittersweet look at starting over in middle age, mixing wry humour with quiet ache and tentative hope.

Directed by
Francesca Comencini
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Lucia Mascino, Thomas Trabacchi, Valentina Bellè
Overview
Claudia and Flavio were once passionately in love, but all of that is over. Now, in their fifties, they must venture anew into the world of love and dating once more but for Claudia confronting the end and accepting a new beginning isn’t so easy. Claudia is unwilling to let go and forget the life she’s built with Flavio, while Flavio, eager to move on, soon finds himself in a relationship with a much younger woman. Claudia soon reconnects with Nina, a student from her days as a professor.

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Directed by
Francesca Comencini
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Lucia Mascino, Thomas Trabacchi, Valentina Bellè
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • aging
  • identity
  • healing
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Francesca Comencini
Written by
Francesca Comencini, Laura Paolucci, Francesca Manieri
Starring
Lucia Mascino, Thomas Trabacchi, Valentina Bellè, Iaia Forte, Carlotta Natoli, Camilla Semino Favro, Simonetta Solder, Giulia Ricciardi
Music
Valerio Vigliar, Giovanni Truppi
Cinematography
Valerio Azzali
Runtime
92 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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