Fresh
It's well acted and gorgeously and tenebrously shot.
Keith Staskiewicz, Entertainment Weekly
Overview
A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.
Director and cast
- Marco Bellocchio Director
- Isabelle Huppert as Divina Madre
- Alba Rohrwacher as Maria
- Toni Servillo as Uliano Beffardi
- Maya Sansa as Rossa
- Michele Riondino as Roberto
- Pier Giorgio Bellocchio as Dr. Pallido
- Gianmarco Tognazzi as Marito della Divina Madre
- Brenno Placido as Federico
- Fabrizio Falco as Pipino
- Gigio Morra as Il persuasore
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film pits their honest passion against the stylized desperation of the actress' religious theater and the decadent hollowness of Berlusconi's political theater.
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
Fresh
If "Dormant Beauty" does not rank among Mr. Bellocchio's best movies, it nonetheless still occasionally shows him at his best.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Fresh
Unlike most movies that rely on TV-news reports to drive the story, Dormant Beauty is complex and humane, and never shrinks to mere spectacle.
Mark Jenkins, NPR
Fresh
Though the movie eschews facile sloganeering, few of its characters or narrative threads are able to develop beyond their function as metaphors.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club
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