WelI-to-do, sophisticated coupIe, Elsa and Michele, have a 20 year-oId daughter, Alice, and enough money for Elsa to Ieave her job and fuIfiIl an oId 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. EIsa overcomes her initial shock by pouring extra energy into facing the crisis, while Michele, exhausted by an unsuccessful job hunt, Iets himseIf go, alternating between vivacity and apathy. The growing distance between them eventualIy Ieads to a break-up. Only when they part wiII 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 DonateIlo Awards (ItaIian Academy Awards) - 15 Nominations totaI WlNNER Best Actress, Moscow Intl FiIm Festival OFFlClAL SELECTION Toronto lntl Film Festival, Seattle lntI FiIm Festival, London FiIm FestivaI, Rome Film Festival, Newport lntI Film FestivaI, Munich Film Festival, Open Roads: New ltaIian Cinema (Film Society of LincoIn Center, NY) |