Caos calmo (2008)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Antonio Luigi Grimaldi

Writers:

Sandro Veronesi (book) and
Nanni Moretti (writer)

Release Date:

26 June 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A look at the strange bereavement behavior of an Italian executive. Based on a novel by Sandro Veronesi.

Plot Keywords:

School | Brother | Business | Girl | Palindrome

Awards:

5 wins & 16 nominations

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Cast

Nanni Moretti	...	Pietro Paladini
Valeria Golino	...	Marta
Alessandro Gassman	...	Carlo Paladini
Isabella Ferrari	...	Eleonora Simoncini
Silvio Orlando	...	Samuele
Blu Di Martino	...	Claudia Paladini (as Blu Yoshimi)
Hippolyte Girardot	...	Jean-Claude
Roberto Nobile	...	Taramanni
Alba Rohrwacher	...	Annalisa
Manuela Morabito	...	Maria Grazia
Kasia Smutniak	...	Jolanda
Beatrice Bruschi	...	Benedetta
Sara D'Amico	...	Francesca
Babak Karimi	...	Mario
Tatiana Lepore	...	Mamma di Matteo

Also Known As:

Quiet Chaos (Europe: English title) (festival title) (International: English title)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Italy | UK

Language:

Italian | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:16 | Australia:MA | France:U | Portugal:M/16 | UK:15 | USA:Not Rated

Company:

Fandango

Trivia:

Kasia Smutniak wears a T-shirt of the last tour of The Who. Director Antonio Luigi Grimaldi, a big fan of The Who, bought it at their live concert in summer 2007 at the Arena of Verona.

Movie Connections:

References Psycho (1960)

Soundtrack:

L'amore trasparente

Title says it all

Title of the movie that is. There's always bad things happening to people and I'm pretty sure, that you as a reader have experienced grief and loss in your life. Some talk about the yin and the yang of life (let's just say that I personally do also believe in that ... believe).

The title character is portrayed wonderfully by an apparently popular Italian actor. I've seen him before, but I'm not as aware of his biography as other reviewers here. Maybe that makes me more open to his performance, I can't say that for sure. But since this is a character piece/movie it does help that the main actor is as good as he is. Of course the support cast, does help him a lot too.

Since this movie is all about feelings, it's only normal that near the end there is an "explosion" of emotion ... it's also normal, that some of the female audience members were bedazzled (in a bad way) by that particular scene. And the end is just ... normal. But then again, that's life for you (and me) ...