After leaving her boyfriend, a girl wanders for a few days meeting new people and experiencing new emotions
Cinematography
Grainy 16mm that makes Milan look like a memory you're forgetting.
Acting
Marsillach's face does ALL the heavy lifting. Riveting.
Director
Claudio Sestieri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cristina Marsillach was fresh off Argento's Opera (1987); this was her deliberate pivot to 'serious' cinema.
Barely released outside Italy, it's a time capsule of pre-Berlusconi Milan—gritty, unglamorous, strangely hopeful.