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Seen it?2025 | 117 min | Drama, History
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and middling reviews (57% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for history buffs.
- The mood
- Thoughtful and character-driven.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 57 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Italian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Rome. The 1980s. After the magnum opus The Art of Joy she has been working on for a decade is rejected by the Italian publishing world, writer Goliarda Sapienza commits a desperate theft that costs her her reputation and social position. Incarcerated in Italy’s largest female prison, she finds herself living alongside thieves, junkies, sex workers and revolutionaries. After her release, she continues to meet with these women and over the course of a sweltering summer, a life-changing relationship flowers – a relationship that will reawaken her the desire to live and to write.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
57% on Rotten Tomatoes, 47 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.4 out of 10
- AwardsBelow par
Won 2 Cannes awards: Cannes Film Festival: Best Actress, Cannes Film Festival: Best Supporting Actress. Also nominated for 11 more Cannes awards.
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 25K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mario Martone
- Valeria GolinoGoliarda Sapienza
- Matilda De AngelisRoberta
- ElodieBarbara
- Corrado FortunaAngelo
- Francesco GheghiCameriere bar della stazione
- Antonio GerardiAlbert
- Carolina RosiAmica derubata
- Daphne Scoccia'James Dean'
- Francesco SicilianoEditore
- Sonia ZhouSuzie Wong