L'immensità (film)

L'immensità (transl. The immensity) is a 2022 drama film directed by Emanuele Crialese, and co-written by Crialese, Francesca Manieri and Vittorio Moroni. The film stars Luana Giuliani alongside Penélope Cruz and Vincenzo Amato. It is an international co-production between Italy and France.

L'immensità
Original theatrical release poster
Directed byEmanuele Crialese
Screenplay by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGergely Pohárnok
Edited byClelio Benevento
Music byRauelsson
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • 4 September 2022 (2022-09-04) (Venice)
  • 15 September 2022 (2022-09-15) (Italy)
Running time
99 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
LanguageItalian
Box office$2.9 million[2]

Plot

Set in 1970s Rome, the fiction tracks the plight of a nuclear family, consisting of an unhappy married couple: Clara (a moody expatriate Spaniard) and Felice (a businessman cheating on Clara with his secretary) and their children Adriana, Gino, and Diana. The eldest child, 12-year-old Adriana (assigned a female at birth) experiences gender dysphoria and identifies as a male and goes by the name of Andrea (a primarily masculine name in Italian). Andrea develops a crush for Sara, a girl who accepts Andrea's gender identity. Upon a shared sense of being outsiders, Andrea and Clara bond closer.

Cast

Production

The screenplay was written by Crialese, Francesca Manieri and Vittorio Moroni.[7] An Italian-French co-production,[8] L'immensità was produced by Wildside, Warner Bros. Entertainment Italia, Chapter 2, Pathé, and France 3 Cinema.[5]

Release

The film made its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2022. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures,[6] it was theatrically released in Italy on 15 September 2022.[9]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, L'Immensità has an approval rating of 83% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The consensus states: "L'immensità can be excessively immense at times but with an always superlative Penélope Cruz at its core, this vibrant coming-of-age story with undeniable heart is a memorable experience."[10] Metacritic reports a 72 of 100 rating based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[11]

Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter summed the film up as "a vibrant, if over-crammed, family affair."[4] For Variety, Guy Lodge writes that the film "is too palpably pained and heartfelt to be called slight, but it's sensitive and peculiar in ways that feel fragile".[5]

Robbie Collin, writing for The Telegraph, rated 4 out of 5 stars, deeming the "surprisingly autobiographical" picture to be "a child's-eye-view portrait of domestic sadness and the craving for escape from it".[12] Wendy Ide of ScreenDaily highlighted Cruz's performance as "a cross between Sophia Loren and a solar flare."[13] Stephanie Bunbury of Deadline Hollywood considered that deep down, the film "is fundamentally quite bleak, but it wears a delightfully cheerful face".[3]

Accolades
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
202331st Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Actress in an International ProductionPenélope CruzNominated[14]

See also

References
  1. "L'immensità (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. "L'immensità (2022)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  3. Bunbury, Stephanie (5 September 2022). "Venice Review: Penelope Cruz In Emanuele Crialese's 'L'Immensita'". Deadline Hollywood.
  4. Felperin, Leslie (4 September 2022). "'L'Immensita' Review: Penelope Cruz Wows Again in Turbulent Italian Family Drama". The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. Lodge, Guy (4 September 2022). "'L'Immensità' Review: Penélope Cruz Adds Dazzle to a Gentle, Poignant Tale of Transgender Adolescence". Variety.
  6. Gogiali, Giulia (5 September 2022). "Festival di Venezia, due baby attori di Pomezia nel nuovo film con Penelope Cruz". Il Corriere della Città.
  7. De Marco, Camillo (5 September 2022). "Review: L'immensità". Cineuropa.
  8. "L'immensità". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  9. De Tommasi, Alessandra (17 September 2022). "Penélope Cruz, madre-coraggio per L'immensità". Vanity Fair.
  10. "L'immensità". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  11. "L'Immensità". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  12. Collin, Robbie (4 September 2022). "L'Immensità, review: Penélope Cruz channels Sophia Loren in this bruising family portrait". The Telegraph.
  13. Ide, Wendy (4 September 2022). "'L'Immensita': Venice Review". ScreenDaily.
  14. Aller, María (31 January 2023). "Premios Unión de Actores 2023: conoce a los nominados de la XXXI edición". Fotogramas.
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