Respiro
by Emanuele Crialese
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Actor: Domenico Amato, Francesco Casisa, Francesco Edoardo Anglieri, Valeria Golino, Vincenzo AmatoDirector: Emanuele Crialese
Cinematographer: Fabio Zamarion
Writer: Emanuele Crialese
Editor: Didier Ranz
Producer: Anne-Dominique Toussaint
Producer: Domenico Procacci
Producer: Raphael Berdugo
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-21
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Respiro
Movie Review: Small is Beautiful
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a fine evocation of small town tensions and family dynamics with, from my non-Scicilian perception, a resonant truth to it. The most positive reviewers have laid out the scenario, the location shots, and acting qualities with aplomb. So no need to recapitulate. I've only seen Golino a few times, but this is a role that could have been conceived with her in mind. The ramifications of her undiagnosed highs and lows drive the narrative. There is some consensual component undeveloped in her character, a missing chink that renders her, if not savant, then caopable of placing her own interests above any one else's. The teenage daughter is more'adult' than her mother, and the sons and husband are alternatively seduced by her charms, annoyed by her eccentric irresponsibility, and anxious about her vulnerablity. She's a portrait of the puer personality. The machismo and protectiveness of the male actors is pure Scicilian( from my experience in these parts)and poignantly, engagingly communicated. The youngest boy delivers a memorably haranguing speech when interceeding in a blooming affair between his older sister and a raw police recruit, freshly assigned to the island; pure Scicilian! Elsewhere a reviewer mentions the film's poetic symbolic structure. Unless the viewer enters into this dimension, much of the tale will remain opaque. And, in this poetic thrall, I heartily agree with comments about the brilliant underwater concluding shot. Reborn as a goddess the community can accept her in a way that no Milanese therapist could explain.Excellent movie!
Summary of Respiro
A sunny seaside location and the radiant beauty of Valeria Golino are enough to set the mood in Respiro, a fitfully effective Italian film. Hollywood never quite figured out what to do with Golino, but she blossoms in this story about a sensual wife who's either free-spirited or manic-depressive, depending on your perspective. Her fisherman husband (Vincenzo Amato) finally decides to have her sent away for professional help, which only provokes an even more impulsive act from her. Within this story is a pointed critique of male machismo--Italian style. Director Emanuele Crialese veers between the neo-realist tradition and a more Fellini-esque taste for symbolism, never quite settling on one or the other. But the whiff of classic-era Italian film is welcome, and the seasoned, sun-baked presence of La Golino makes this movie compelling even when its point seems obscure. --Robert HortonArt House & International DVD Video
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