L’immensità movie storyline. Set in 1970s Rome, the fiction tracks the plight of a nuclear family, consisting of an unhappy married couple: Clara (a moody expatriate Spaniard) and Felice (a businessman cheating on Clara with his secretary) and their children Adriana, Gino, and Diana.
The eldest child, 12-year-old female Adriana experiences gender dysphoria and identifies as a male and goes by the name of Andrea (a primarily masculine name in Italian). Andrea develops a crush for Sara, a girl who accepts Andrea’s gender identity. Upon a shared sense of being outsiders, Andrea and Clara bond closer.
L’immensità (Transl. The immensity) is a 2022 Italian language drama film directed by Emanuele Crialese, who co-wrote the screenplay with Francesca Manieri and Vittorio Moroni. The drama focuses on a dysfunctional family in Italy in the 1970s. The film stars Penélope Cruz, Luana Giuliani, Vincenzo Amato, Patrizio Francioni, Maria Chiara Goretti, Penelope Nieto Conti, Alvia Reale, India Santella, Mariangela Granelli, Valentina Cenni.
The film is an international co-production between Italy and France. It had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2022. It was released theatrically in Italy on September 15, 2022 by Warner Bros. Pictures and in France on January 11, 2023 by Pathé Films.
L’immensità (2023)
Immensity
Directed by: Emanuele Crialese
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Luana Giuliani, Vincenzo Amato, Patrizio Francioni, Maria Chiara Goretti, Penelope Nieto Conti, Alvia Reale, India Santella, Mariangela Granelli, Valentina Cenni
Screenplay by: Emanuele Crialese, Francesca Manieri, Vittorio Moroni
Production Design by: Dimitri Capuani
Cinematography by: Gergely Pohárnok
Film Editing by: Clelio Benevento
Costume Design by: Massimo Cantini Parrini
Set Decoration by: Alessia Anfuso
Music by: Rauelsson
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures (Italy), Pathé Films (France), Music Box Films (United States)
Release Date: September 4, 2022 (Venice), September 15, 2022 (Italy), January 11, 2023 (France), May 12, 2023 (United States)
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