French-Italian actress Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi writes, directs and stars in this drama set in northern Italy and Paris. She plays Louise,...
French-Italian actress Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi writes, directs and stars in this drama set in northern Italy and Paris. She plays Louise, a former actress struggling to hold her once-wealthy family together and keep them connected to their beautiful estate in Piedmonte.
The film is inspired by two seismic events in Bruni-Tedeschi's life - the 2006 death of her brother from AIDS and her 2009 adoption of a baby with her partner.
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57 %7 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
37 %75 reviewsAudience score rating
"“A family is forced to sell their Italian home” suggests the official plot description of this French film. That’s not what A Castle in Italy is about, but is possibly the only storyline it maintains throughout. The film portrays the rubble of a dysfunctional once-aristocratic French-Italian family: two middle aged children and their mother, denying debt, health and reality in tragically unbelievable fashion."
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Flicks
Flicks"More than a mere affirmative-action entry in this year’s Cannes competition (where it is the lone pic directed by a woman), this low-key but pleasing arthouse item will earn more audience goodwill than much of the Croisette’s more fashionably outre product."
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Variety
Variety"A modest but surprisingly substantial delight."
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Time Out
Time Out"Probably the worst film of the Cannes competition so far: a smug, twee confection about a family losing their house"
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Interweaves reality and fiction in a highly self-conscious manner that is calculated to keep us guessing."
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Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald"Drowns its sincerity in self-consciousness."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterA Castle in Italy | Details
- Rating
- R16,
- Runtime
- 104
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- France
