L'attesa

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

2.6K

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A mother unexpectedly meets her son's fiance at a villa in Sicily and gets to know her as she waits for her son to arrive.

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A mother unexpectedly meets her son's fiancée at a villa in Sicily and gets to know her as she waits for her son to arrive.A mother unexpectedly meets her son's fiancée at a villa in Sicily and gets to know her as she waits for her son to arrive.A mother unexpectedly meets her son's fiancée at a villa in Sicily and gets to know her as she waits for her son to arrive.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 7 wins & 9 nominations

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L'Attesa - Official U.S. Trailer

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L'Attesa - Official U.S. Trailer

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L'Attesa - Clip

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Trivia
"L'attesa" is a period of time whose duration is unknown and therefore it symbolizes a real act of faith. In this case, this act for Anna and Jeanne consists in waiting for the return of Giuseppe, the son of Anna and Jeanne's boyfriend, with the difference that the first knows the truth, while the second lives in the mystery. The return of Giuseppe takes on the meaning of a miracle. The song "Waiting for the miracle" emphasizes this detail.

Goofs
About one half hour into the movie Binoche cracks an egg into a frying pan, thereby breaking the yolk. However, when she serves it to her son's girlfriend the yolk is whole.

Quotes
Anna Remigi: Jealousy means that there is still desire.

Connections
Features Arrangiatevi (1959)

Soundtracks
Orchestral Loop
Music by Ben Lukas Boysen
Published by Erased Tapes Music

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Review

Featured review

7/10

haunting but...

This is a haunting movie, but I think it could have used a tad more plot. Even Binoche's genius for ambiguous facial expressions strains to paper over deficiencies in the story.

I was intrigued to see that it was based on a Pirandello play, but "based" is too strong - it's at best inspired by "La vita che ti diedi", and from what I can tell (I'm not fluent in Italian) the movie omits most of the play's boldest psychological points.