Fresh
Amelio, one of the true modern heirs of the great Italian neo-realist tradition, is a filmmaker of great subtlety, emotional precision and socio-psychological acumen.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Overview
Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Director and cast
- Gianni Amelio Director
- Kim Rossi Stuart as Gianni
- Andrea Rossi as Paolo
- Alla Faerovich as Nadine
- Pierfrancesco Favino as Alberto
- Manuel Katzy as Taxi driver
- J. Michael Weiss as Andreas
- Ingrid Appenroth as Ospital Warden
- Dimitri Süsin as Boy watching TV
- Thorsten Schwarz as Male nurse
- Eric Neumann as Playground Boy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Radiates a warm humanity and uplifts the spirit.
Deborah Young, Variety
Fresh
Amelio deals with the sensitive subject in a mature matter, refusing to descend into Hollywood-style schmaltz.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
It takes a story that could be turned into the most florid kind of tear-jerker and instead tells it with an exactness and a restraint that makes it powerfully effective.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Both Rossi and Charlotte Rampling, as the mother of another young patient, do fine work. But the only surprises come at the end, too late to move us the way they should.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
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