Plot
Guido writes novels and short stories; he's detached, diffident. When his wife and teenage daughter move, he stays behind to write. He takes swimming lessons; his teacher is Giulia, somber, perhaps melancholy. They talk from time to time; he invites her out, and she says she doesn't go out at night. We see Guido's stories dramatized - unhappy characters in search of something. Guido helps his daughter navigate a first crush; he disengages from a campaign to win a literary prize. His wife challenges him to reconnect with her. Instead, he focuses on Giulia: drawing her out, learning of her past. Then he intervenes. Can a novelist write reality?
Written by
Giuseppe Piccioni, Federica Pontremoli
Directed by
Giuseppe Piccioni
Crew
Production Countries
Italy
Production Companies
Regione Toscana, Toscana Film Commission, Regione Lazio, Lumière & Co., 01 Distribution, MiBAC, RAI Cinema
Languages
Italiano
Awards
4 wins & 9 nominations