Alma, Jean and Sebastiano, the children of divorced parents, arrive in Rome from Paris on a visit to their father. During a holiday, the family’s tensions come to the surface.
Acting
The child actors outshine the adults — painfully authentic sibling dynamics.
Direction
Elkann's debut captures that specific humid dread of forced family fun.
Cinematography
Rome as beautiful prison — golden light, claustrophobic interiors.
Director
Ginevra Elkann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elkann drew from her own experience as child of divorced parents; the film's most uncomfortable moments reportedly happened.
Riccardo Scamarcio and Alba Rohrwacher are Italian cinema royalty playing failed parents — casting subverts their glamorous personas.
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