Completed - ITALIAN, FRENCH - Drama - 84 minutes
The relation between two women develops in an intriguing mirror-like relation.It will encourage Pauline (Charlotte Rampling) to undertake a quest that will face her with a tragic and mysterious past and force her to come to terms with it.
Year of production : 2012 Director(s) : Alina MARAZZI Writer(s) : Alina MARAZZI, Dario ZONTA, Daniela PERSICO Cast : Charlotte RAMPLING, Elena RADONCICH, Valerio BINASCO, Maria Grazia MANDRUZZATO Producer(s) : Gianfilippo PEDOTE (MIR CINEMATOGRAFICA), Francesco VIRGA (MIR CINEMATOGRAFICA), Andres PFAEFFLI (VENTURA FILM), Elda GUIDINELLI (VENTURA FILM)
Pauline (Charlotte Rampling) returns to Turin ‐ her place of birth ‐ for the first time after many years and gets in touch with Angela (Maria Grazia Mandruzzato), whom she had earlier met abroad and who now manages a Maternity Center. Here Pauline undertakes a research project on the experiences and problems of today's mothers,starting from the statements, videos, photographs collected by Angela. Among the mothers attending the Center there is Emma (Elena Radonicich), a young and elusive dancer in deep crisis: she doesn't know how to face the responsibilities demanded by motherhood and sees her life at a standstill. She feels alone and inept. Between the two women, a relationship of complicity develops, which in a play of reflections, will lead Pauline to come to terms with her own tragic past and allow Emma to discover a meaningful sense of self in her new identity as a mother.
Country(ies) : ITALY, SWITZERLAND Start of shooting : October 2011
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