DOLCE FINE GIORNATA
2019 - POLAND - DRAMA - 2.39 - 90 MIN - IN ITALIAN, ENGLISH and POLISH WITH ENGLISH AND FRENCH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY JACEK BORCUCH
CAST: KRYSTYNA JANDA, KASIA SMUTNIAK, VINCENT RIOTTA, ANTONIO CATANIA, ROBIN RENUCCI, LORENZO DE MOOR
Maria Linde, a free-spirited, Jewish Polish Nobel Prize winner, lives in Tuscany surrounded by warmth and chaos in her family’s villa. A loving mother and grandmother, she also fosters a secret flirtation with the much younger Egyptian man who runs a nearby seaside inn. After a terrorist attack in Rome, Maria refuses to succumb to the hysterical fear and anti-immigrant sentiment that quickly emerge, deciding in her acceptance speech of a local honor to boldly decry Europe’s eroding democracy—but she is unprepared for the public and personal havoc her comments wreak.
“The heartbreaking Dolce Fine Giornata asks difficult questions ... Dolce Fine Giornata is a film that comes loaded with questions: Can you hoard enough cultural clout to say whatever you want?” - Globe and Mail
“a thoughtful drama… provides much food for thought, and is beautifully shot” - National Post
“[the film] succeeds in drawing a plausible portrait of a strong, successful, confident woman who tilts at windmills. Janda, an eminent Polish actress, delivers a subtle performance. The rest of the cast is no less impressive.” - In the Seats
“pokes at you like you are a rattlesnake in a pit. There is no safe side on this film.” - Set the Bar