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A destitute woman (Cruz) becomes involved with an upper-crust physician (Castellitto). While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo (Sergio Castellitto) recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia (Penélope Cruz), a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the beloved and sexual object of desire Italia chases him in his memories. Timoteo's life takes a dramatic turn when he discovers that his fifteen year old daughter has been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. As she undergoes emergency surgery, Timoteo casts his mind back to his illicit affair with the passionate Italia... Based on the novel by Margaret Mazzantini.

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 Ounces
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 37 minutes
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish
Language ‏ : ‎ Italian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Italian (DTS 5.1), Unqualified (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1), Unqualified (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Warner Vision International
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0009Y8UB8
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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tamesse

Great, intense movie.

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2012

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It seems I have given some not so posivite reviews, but this one makes up for the rest.
In my opinion this is an incredible movie about obsession and love and the fact that
you simply cannot choose who you fall in love with. The mystery of what love is and why you fall for
someone that you could never imagine in your right mind to be with - and yet....there you go with
all the pain and confusion that you have to face. Emotion over mind, but not just pure lust, that is the good news.
In the true sense of the word it is real love that surpasses all and everything. Very touching without being sentimental.
If you can relate to "Damage" you will also want to see this movie - which I appreciate more because of the characters - the acting - is it really ? - of Penelope Cruz is amazing and very moving.
The bonus and deleted scenes are really worthwile watching and make you respect Ms Cruz even more.
Bravo for cast & director and thank you for making this movie, it is unforgettable.

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RM

Masterpiece

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2019

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I don't think I ever cried so hard watching a movie like I did during this one.
The tragedy of how being (or feeling) unloved in childhood stretches into adulthood and hunts you to your grave. The illusion of happiness in broken relationships that have no future. Settling for crumbs, when you feel like you don't deserve true love. The choice to live for the facade of a perfect life, while feeling dead inside.
All these topics that torment in a way or in another so many people throughout life are depicted so well in this movie. The actors' performance is just incredible, particularly Penelope Cruz.

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Richard B Arcieri

not my favorite.

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2016

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Ok movie.....not my favorite.

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2013

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I like the movie, the DVD is a good product and came in good conditions, arriving quicker than I expected

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2017

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it looks like brand new, thank you :D

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2013

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The series of flashbacks are distracting, and the plot is ok. If you're a Penelope Cruz fan, you'll appreciate her almost perfect Italian and great acting, but the film is a giant punch against men. Basically, the film paints men as misogynists and all-around jerk-offs.
it gets old real quick, especially if you're a male viewer. Too bad, I had high hopes for this one.

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Peter F. Miller

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2014

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excellent quality at a reasonable price

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Brilliant and haunting performance by Penelope Cruz

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2007

Timoteo (Sergio Castellitto, who also directed) is a surgeon whose car breaks down in a working class neighborhood of a great Italian city. Italia (Penelope Cruz) is a denizen of this part of town who lets Timoteo use her phone. She works as a cleaner of hotel rooms. She is crude, a little desperate, uneducated and so passive that she more or less allows Timoteo to rape her, a rape that she experiences without emotion, as something that society perhaps has taught her to accept as her due. Timoteo comes back a day or two later to apologize. He says he was drunk. He had drunk two vials of cold vodka while waiting for a mechanic to fix his car.

Italia sniffs at this privileged man who took advantage of her. There is nothing she can do. Her word against his. Just move on and forget it. But part of her is wondering if there is more to his interest than the quick gratification of lust.

He takes her again, this time though, it is clear that his passion is especially for her. It is something about her that turns him into a sexual beast, and not just the fact that she is a woman who cannot complain. It is interesting to note that when he returns and catches her carrying groceries home, she looks at him with some inquiry on her face, nothing more, no anger, no recriminations, no judgments. When he apologizes and says he was drunk, she swiftly picks up her groceries and turns away. She was looking for something deeper from him. She wants the reason that he raped her to be NOT that he was drunk but that he was so drawn to her that he couldn't help himself.

It is during the third scene a few days later that she accepts his passion for her and finds some of her own. And it is after this third scene as she serves him spaghetti that he realizes that he loves her. The moment comes when he reaches for the bottle of beer on the table at the same time she reaches to pour it for him. They accidentally tip the bottle over, spilling the beer onto the table and floor, and their hands meet. He holds her index finger in his hand for a moment, and it is at that moment that he knows he loves her. And she sees it in his eyes.

All of this is shown in flashback as Timoteo awaits the fate of his daughter who has suffered a massive head injury from a motorcycle accident and lies in a coma in his hospital. His meeting with Italia took place some fifteen years previously, or I should say it was a relatively brief but ultra passionate love affair that ended fifteen years in the past at the time his daughter, from the womb of his wife, Elsa (Claudia Gerini), was born. It was his passion for Italia that spilled over into Elsa that brought about the conception. Ironically--and this is part of the terrible tragedy of this story--Italia too becomes pregnant at nearly the same time. What Timoteo does not realize until it is too late is the depth of feeling that Italia comes to have for him. This is a love affair that, to quote the words of LA Times film critic Kevin Thomas, "makes most of today's screen romances seem undernourished by comparison."

Penelope Cruz's performance is nothing short of spectacular. I invite the reader to view the special feature on the DVD in which she discusses her character with Castellitto. Here we can see the incredible passion and attention to detail that Cruz brings to her performance, and also that of Castellitto, who is outstanding both as an actor and a director. Cruz, whose first language is Spanish, must become this noble wretch of a desperate woman who must speak Italian with a street accent and behave in way that belies her great beauty and the fine finish of her own character. It is a shame that most Americans only know Cruz from some television commercials and being Tom Cruise's ex. Penelope Cruz is without question--and she proves it in this deeply moving performance--to be one of the finest actresses working today.

A couple of other points. Elsa knows of course that her husband had fallen in love with someone else. She can sense it in the new passion he brings to making love to her. She can deduce it in his absences from her and from the change in his manner. But she never says a word. That is interesting. Perhaps she knows it will pass. And it does, but not before Timoteo performs a "marriage ceremony" at a hotel restaurant near the place of Italia's birth with Italia, and with the "reheated soup" and the wine and cheese as witnesses, and not before he fantasizes aloud with her of leaving his wife and newborn child and going to some far off place with her alone. Only tragedy, it would appear, prevents his leaving Elsa for the love of his life.

But time does heal this wound to their marriage, as Timoteo prays that time will heal his daughter. And the passion of yesteryear perhaps is the more glorious because, like a portrait, it does not age. And perhaps there is some solace in knowing that the love that one finds in a wife and a life's companion is different than that found in a fiery mania of long ago, but taken in total, no less deeply felt.

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A.R, Chapman

Storia straziante

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2020

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I read the novel by Margaret Mazzantini as part of my Italian studies . The film is a fairly accurate version and well acted . The subject matter is harrowing .

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K J Bowen

Don't Move

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2010

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Having read the book I approached this film with some trepidation. How could it do the book justice when much of the writing takes the form of personal reflections and inner dialogue? I was surprised and delighted at how well it was brought to the screen. Penelope Cruz is magnificent. Without a doubt one of the best Italian films of recent years.

Ms. Claire Neary

Well worth a watch.......

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2011

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Very good movie, leaves you thinking about it for days after. At times leaves you with a unsettled feeling but you certainly do get absorbed into the storyline. Not one to miss if you're a Cruz fan.

michela mazzacurati

gran film

Reviewed in Italy on September 1, 2020

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bellissimo

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Domenico Perrino

Bello bello bello

Reviewed in Italy on June 11, 2012

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Molto bello, rende bene l'idea che dava il libro, si vede che l'autrice è stata molto dietro la cinepresa e il regista è il marito. Ovviamente il libro è sempre un'altra cosa, ma questa è una storia ormai trita e ritrita dato che è sempre così e sarà sempre così al 99%, quindi leggetevi prima il libro e poi godetevi il film.

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