Dormant Beauty
a MARCO BELLOCHIO picture
Synopsis
Italian master Marco Bellocchio (Fists in the Pocket, Good Morning, Night, Vincere) offers a multi-faceted exploration of the thorny issue of euthanasia in this response to Italy’s famous Eluana Englaro controversy.
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Press
"Marco Bellocchio reaffirms the dignity of life in another film of sparkling intelligence, set around a real-life euthanasia case."
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"The movie pulses with the unpredictability of full-blooded characters."
THE L.A TIMES
"Dormant Beauty is tender and humane."
INDIEWIRE
"D.p. Daniele Cipri once again proves his mettle, with richly supple camerawork and mature tonalities, while Bellocchio's regular editor, Francesca Calvelli, effectively handles the intertwining stories. Marco Dentici's production design is spot-on, from the sauna scenes to the opulent home of the Divine Mother, decorated with more roses than a funeral parlor. Few film composers can deliver sumptuous orchestrations as skillfully as Carlo Crivelli, and fewer helmers know as well as Bellocchio how to use them to further the mood within a scene, rather than to anticipate emotion."
VARIETY
Festivals
& Awards
Venice International Film Festival
Brian Award
Toronto International Film Festival
São Paolo International Film Festival
Critics' Award
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Special Ribbon Winner
Haifa International Film Festival
Bari IFF
Best Director
Best Score
Best Editing
Davide di Donatello
Best Supporting Actress
Busan International Film Festival
London Film Festival
Mumbai Film Festival
Tokyo International Film Festival
Ljubljana International Film Festival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
International Film Festival of India
Buenos Aires Festival of Italian Cinema
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Göteborg International Film Festival
Glasgow Film Festival
Belgrade Film Festival
Hong Kong International Film Festival
CPH:PIX
Los Angeles Film Festival
Taipei Film Festival
Gent International Film Festival
Cast & Crew
| Toni Servillo | |
|---|---|
| Isabelle Huppert | |
| Alba Rohrwacher | |
| Michele Riondino | |
| Maya Sansa |
| Director | Marco Bellocchio |
|---|---|
| Producers | Marco Chimenz, Riccardo Tozzi, |
| Giovanni Stabilini, Arianna De Chiara | |
| Co-Producer | Fabio Conversi |
| Cinematography | Daniele Cipri |
| Editor | Francesca Calvelli |
| Music | Carlo Crivelli |
| Sound | Alessandro Feletti |
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