Venice 2015 In Depth: L’Attesa

L’attesa (The Wait): In a Sicily without the sun and the oranges, two woman wait.

 

 

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The Director

Piero Messina’s resume includes several short films and documentaries, and he was Paolo Sorrentino’s assistant on the films This Must be the Place and La Grande Bellezza.

Piero Messina
Piero Messina

 

The Cast

 

 

The Plot 

In a Sicily “without the sun and the oranges”, a story that is “between a thriller and a dream” about a guy’s fiance and his mother waiting for him in an ancient villa during the Easter celebration.

 

A Little Trivia

The story is based on a Pirandello play called La Vita Che Ti Diedi”, The Life That I Gave You.

The Trailer