Jan 4, 2011
SFFILM
Come Undone (Cosa voglio di più, Italy/Switzerland 2010), Silvio Soldini‘s (Bread and Tulips, SFIFF 2001) story of adultery among young professional Milanese and the ensuing guilt, anxiety and obstacles, opens Friday, February 11 on SFFS Screenat the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas.
Except during its heated sex scenes, Come Undone, a sober exploration of the disruptive effects of adultery on family life, portrays infidelity, despite its thrills, as almost more trouble than it’s worth. . . . Miserable and agitated when not together, Anna (Alba Rohrwacher, I Am Love, SFIFF 2010), a comfortably married accountant for a small insurance agency, and Domenico (Pierfrancesco Favino), a slightly older waiter who is married, are seized by an irresistible carnal attraction once Anna impulsively makes the first move. The besotted lovers face the usual logistical obstacles. Where and when will they meet? And what lies can they get away with telling?. . . [Soldini’s film] measures the day-by-day emotional cost of the affair: not only to Anna and Domenico, who are increasingly guilt-ridden and prickly with each other, but also to family, friends and business associates. . . . Like his last film, Days and Clouds (SFFS Screen 2008), a calm, very sad examination of the effects of a husband’s sudden job loss on an affluent couple’s relationship and social life, Come Undone is solidly grounded in reality. If the movie tells an old story, its unvarnished realism lends it poignancy and depth. -Stephen Holden, New York Times
Written by Doriana Leondeff, Angelo Carbone, Silvio Soldini. Photographed by Ramiro Civita. With Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino, Giuseppe Battiston. In Italian with subtitles. 124 min. Distributed by Film Movement.
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Also Coming Soon to SFFS Screen
February 4: The Time That Remains Spanning 60 years of history, Suleiman’s witty, elegiac film portrays the life of the director’s family and community known as Israeli Arabs, Palestinians who remained in Israel after its founding.
February 18: And Everything Is Going Fine Steven Soderbergh’s assembled biographical tribute to Spalding Gray is as digressive and miraculously coherent as the monologues that are its principal inspiration.
February 25: How I Ended This Summer In remote Chukotka on the eastern edge of Russia, a missed communication between two men working at a polar station escalates into a taut duel of nerves. Alex Popogrebsky’s vise-like psychological thriller is part action-adventure, part gorgeous-looking art film.
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