Academy Awards, USA 2006
| Nominated Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Italy.
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01 Distribution (Italy)
Directed by Cristina Comencini
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Lions Gate)
Plagued by nightmares she can't explain, a young Italian wife travels to America to seek answers from her brother. While she is away, her husband has an affair with a younger woman and her two best friends start a lesbian relationship. Her brother is able to explain her nightmares, since he himself has had psychological problems stemming from being sexually abused by their father as children. Back in Italy, she struggles to reconcile her revelations with her old life. The theme among these various relationships seems to be "secrets", and how they are both destructive and essential. However, that is not always obvious and the subplots tend to go on too long with no real purpose.
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