Dormant Beauty (2012) ( Bella addormentata )

Dormant Beauty (2012) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Bella addormentata
Screened, competed or awarded at:
David Donatello Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
115 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Marco Bellocchio

Written By:
Marco Bellocchio

Actors:
Toni Servillo ..... Uliano Beffardi
Isabelle Huppert ..... Divina Madre
Alba Rohrwacher ..... Maria
Michele Riondino ..... Roberto
Maya Sansa ..... Rossa
Pier Giorgio Bellocchio ..... Dr. Pallido
Gianmarco Tognazzi ..... Marito della Divina Mad
Brenno Placido ..... Federico
Fabrizio Falco ..... Pipino
Gigio Morra ..... Il persuasore
Federica Fracassi ..... Madre
Roberto Herlitzka ..... Lo psichiatra
Carlotta Cimador ..... Rosa
Antonio De Matteo ..... Medico Scommettitore
Vanessa Scalera ..... Deputato PD

Synopsis:

Dormant Beauty takes us back to the first few days of February 2009 when an emergency decree was being discussed in the Italian Senate to stop the father of a young woman named Eluana who had been in a coma for seventeen years from taking his daughter off life support. Like in many Marco Bellocchio films, real life images are mixed with actors' performances. Toni Servillo plays the role of a senator (a former socialist) from Silvio Berlusconi's majority coalition. The man is filled with doubts questions of conscience as he comes to a decision to vote against the law and resign, having given in to the pleas of his fatally ill wife who has been pleading with him to help her put an end to her life. His militant catholic daughter (Alba Rohrwacher), who has been protesting in front of the clinic where Eluana is hospitalized, falls in love with a young man (Michele Riondino) in favour of euthanasia.

A drama set in different italian locations during the last six days of life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who lived 17 years in a vegetative state. A mosaic of several interrelated characters questioning about the meaning of life and hope: a French film star (Isabelle Huppert) retires from acting and abandons everyone around her, hoping that her sacrifice will wake her young daughter up from coma; a depressed drug addict (Maya Sansa) is willing to die but a doctor (Pier Giorgio Bellocchio) wants to save her life; a young catholic woman (Alba Rohrwacher) falls in love with a young nonbeliever (Michele Riondino) while her father, a politician (Toni Servillo), is torn by doubts when he is asked to vote for something he doesn't believe.

A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 25 June, 2013.

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