Dormant Beauty
Dormant Beauty (Italian: Bella addormentata) is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio and starring Toni Servillo and Isabelle Huppert. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.[1] For this film Maya Sansa won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress.
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| Directed by | Marco Bellocchio |
| Produced by | Riccardo Tozzi Giovanni Stabilini Marco Chimenz Fabio Conversi (co-producer) Fabio Massimo Cacciatori (executive producer) Franco Bevione (executive producer) |
| Written by | Marco Bellocchio Veronica Raimo Stefano Rulli |
| Starring | Toni Servillo Alba Rohrwacher Isabelle Huppert |
| Music by | Carlo Crivelli |
| Cinematography | Daniele Ciprì |
| Edited by | Francesca Calvelli |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Italy France |
| Language | Italian |
Plot
In 1992 the young Eluana Englaro because of an incident is in a coma. She is deemed incurable. In 2009 her parents opt to euthanize her. In Italy it isn't legal to do this; the Catholic church and politics are hurled ruthlessly against them.
In the meantime episodes occur among acquaintances of Eluana — a young woman decides to kill herself, wanting to ingest a massive dose of heroin. She is persuaded to stop by a doctor. A member of the government of Berlusconi refuses to align himself with the party and plans to vote against a bill that will make euthanasia illegal.
Cast
- Toni Servillo as Uliano Beffardi
- Alba Rohrwacher as Maria
- Isabelle Huppert as Divina Madre
- Maya Sansa as Rossa
- Michele Riondino as Roberto
- Gianmarco Tognazzi as Divina Madre's husband
- Roberto Herlitzka as Psychiatrist senator
See also
- Isabelle Huppert on screen and stage
References
- "Venezia 69". labiennale. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.