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PRODUCTION TEAM
Director :
Giuseppe Piccioni
Script :
Giuseppe Piccioni, Gualtiero Rosella, Lucia Zei
Photography :
Luca Bigazzi
Editor :
Esmeralda Calabria
Cast :
Margherita Buy, Silvio Orlando, Carolina Freschi, Maria Cristina Minerva, Sonia Gessner, Giuliana Lojodice, Marina Massironi, Fabio Sartor, Alessandro di Natale, Riccardo di Torrebruna, Stefano Abbati
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NOT OF THIS WORLD
Caterina, a young nun who after five years is about to take her vows, is walking in a Milan park when a jogger runs by and hands her a newborn baby he found wrapped in a man's sweater. Caterina brings the baby to the appropriate authorities and all she's left with is the old sweater. The sweater and a reawakened maternal instinct. She gets the urge to find the baby's mother. A tag on the sweater leads her to a small dry-cleaning store run by Ernesto, an ill-humoured loner. At first puzzled by Caterina's quest, Ernesto finally warms to the young nun and decides to help her. Meanwhile, Teresa, the baby's young mother, wander aimlessly through the streets of Milan, looking for shelter and perhaps a job to tide her over until she can get a better handle on her life. She meets Gabriele, her ex-boyfriend, and attempts to rekindle their relationship. The relationship between Caterina and Ernesto is also beginning to blossom. What they all have in common is the newborn baby. That and a tenuous link with the world which they are attempting to reinforce."A textured, quietly affecting drama about strangers who touch each other's lives in unexpected ways, NOT OF THIS WORLD... avoids easy sentiment in favour of poignant observation." -- David Rooney (Variety)"A small masterpiece; surely the best Italian film of the season." -- Marco Spagnoli (Time Out)
Giuseppe Piccioni
Born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy in 1953, Giuseppe Piccioni began his career directing shorts and music videos. He made his feature debut in 1987 with IL GRANDE BLEK. He contributed to the RAI television series Alfabeto italiano, directed Donizzetti's L'elisir d'amore for the Ascoli Piceno opera, and acted in CIELO � SEMPRE PI� BLU (1995). His directing credits include ASK FOR THE MOON (1990), CONDEMNED TO WED (1992) and PENNILESS HEARTS (1995).
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