ITALY
DAYS OF ABANDONMENT
2005 – 35mm – c - 96’
Direction: Roberto Faenza
Screenplay: Roberto Faenza, Gianni Arduini, Cristiana Del Bello, Diego De Silva, Dino Gentili, Filippo Gentili, Lella Ravasi, Anna Redi; ispirata al romanzo omonimo di Elena Ferrante
Cinematography: Maurizio Calvesi
Editing: Massimo Fiocchi
Set design: Davide Bassan
Music: Goran Bregovic. The song I giorni dell'abbandono is by Goran Bregovic.
Cast: Margherita Buy, Luca Zingaretti, Goran Bregovic, Alessia Goria, Gea Lionello, Gaia Bermani Amaral
Producer: Elda Ferri
Production: Jean Vigo Italia, Medusa Film
SYNOPSIS
Olga is 35 and has two children. When her husband Mario lefts her, she loses completely her self- confidence and doesn’t care about her children anymore. A gleam of light and hope comes thanks to a suffered psycho analysis and a series of encounters, among which a musician living next to her...
CRITICAL NOTE
“(...) Faenza, tells a usual story with an extraordinary, distant, lucid style, without sentimentalism that makes deeply understand all the reasons and brings to its height Margherita Buy’s skill.” (Lietta Tornabuoni)
“(...) Margherita Buy has been for years an actress Italian cinema can count on, but this role of deserted wife allows her to vibrate new chords, and take out a force and determination we didn’t recognize her (...).” (Alberto Crespi)
“(...) We must say that Margherita Buy and Luca Zingaretti are exceptionally good, both of them even if she has less space: and their fights give way to scenes taken from drama school (...).” (Tullio Kezich)
