The Wait (2015 film)
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| Directed by | Piero Messina |
| Produced by | Carlotta Calori Francesca Cima Nicola Giuliano |
| Screenplay by | Giacomo Bendotti Ilaria Macchia Andrea Paolo Massara Piero Messina |
| Based on | the play La vita che ti diedi by Luigi Pirandello |
| Starring | Juliette Binoche Lou de Laâge Giorgio Colangeli |
| Music by | Piero Messina Alma Napolitano Marco Mangani |
| Cinematography | Francesco Di Giacomo |
| Edited by | Paola Freddi |
| Distributed by | Medusa Film (Italy) Bellissima Films (France) |
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| Country | Italy France |
| Language | Italian French |
The Wait (Italian: L'attesa ) is a 2015 Italian drama film directed by Piero Messina and starring Juliette Binoche. It tells the story of a Sicilian mother who lives with her son's fiancée, and refrains from telling the fiancée that her son will not return. The film is loosely based on two works by Luigi Pirandello. It was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.[1][2]
Cast
- Juliette Binoche as Anna
- Lou de Laâge as Jeanne
- Giorgio Colangeli as Pietro
- Domenico Diele as Giorgio
- Giovanni Anzaldo as Giuseppe
- Antonio Folletto as Paolo
- Corinna Locastro as Rosa
Production
The film was inspired by a story Piero Messina heard from a friend, about a father who had lost his son, and when the father refused to talk about it, people around him began to act as if it had never happened. While writing the screenplay, Messina was recommended two works by Luigi Pirandello, the tragedy The Life I Gave You (La vita che ti diedi) and the short story "La camera in attesa", and used those to tie the story together. Production was led by Indigo Film in collaboration with Barbary Films and Pathé. Juliette Binoche was cast early on, while Lou de Laâge was found late in the casting process through an audition.[3]
Reception
Peter Debruge of Variety wrote:
A clear disciple of Italian master Paolo Sorrentino, the film-school-trained Messina served as assistant director on The Great Beauty, and he adopts many of his mentor's stylistic predilections on his first feature.[4]
Debruge continued:
Watching The Wait, there can be little doubt that this first-time helmer has the potential to become one of Italy's most prominent new voices (the signs were there as early as his Cannes-selected 2011 student film, Terra, another abstractly stylized exercise in psychological identification featuring Colangeli). From Sorrentino, Messina has further developed his ability to deliver a stunning sensory experience, though the treatment feels inadequate for such lean material. If anything, his aesthetic choices are too impressive, calling attention to themselves, rather than discreetly enabling the appropriate emotional reaction.[4]
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