Appassionate (1999)
- Starring:
- Anna Bonaiuto, Inês de Medeiros, (more)
- Director(s):
- Tonino de Bernardi
Synopsis of Appassionate
This musical drama (most of the dialogue is sung) concerns a diverse group of people brought together in a city in Italy. Pina (Isabel Ruth) was born in Portugal but now lives in poor circumstances in Naples. Pina has two daughters, Rosa (Iaia Forte), who has been wearing a wedding dress since she was left stranded at the altar several years ago, and Caterina (Galatea Ranzi), who murdered a man who wronged her as he left the church following his wedding. Caterina winds up in prison alongside Maddalena (Anna Bonaiuto), a prostitute who witnessed the murder and was inspired to kill a man in her own life who had hurt her. The incidents from these women's lives are interspersed with another story, set in 1929 and filmed in black-and-white, about a man who shoots his wife in a movie theater and must run to avoid the police. Filmed on location in Naples, with non-professionals as extras, Appassionate was screened as part of the 1999 Venice Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Complete Cast of Appassionate
- Anna Bonaiuto - Maddalena
- Iaia Forte - Rosa
- Isabel Ruth - Pina
- Carlo Cecchi - Padre
- Veronica de Bernardi - Gilda
- Inês de Medeiros - Madonna
- Galatea Ranzi - Caterina
- Salvatore Cantalupo - Oreste
- Giulietta de Bernardi - Teresa
- Lou Castel - protector
- Director(s):
- Tonino de Bernardi
- Writer(s):
- Mario Sesti, Tonino de Bernardi
- Producer(s):
- Donatella Palermo
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