''Misunderstood'' ( it, Incompresa) is a 2014 Italian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Asia Argento
Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with ...
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It was selected to compete in the
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Aria is the sensitive little daughter of a female concert pianist and an actor. Both neglect her in favour of their children from earlier relationships. Eventually she also has to face the fact that both parents are heading for a divorce.
Cast
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People
* Giulia (given name)
* Giulia (wrestler) (born 1994), English-born Italian-Japanese professional wrestler
Places
*Cappella Giulia, a chapel in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
* Friuli-Venezia Giulia
(man), it, Friula ...
as Aria
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Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (; born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song " Lemo ...
as Mother
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Gabriel Garko as Father
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Gianmarco Tognazzi as Dodo
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Justin Pearson as Ricky
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Anna Lou Castoldi as Donatina
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Max Gazzè as Manuel Ginori
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Alice Pea as Angelica
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Carolina Poccioni as Lucrezia
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The Penelopes as The Penelopes (music band)
Reception
On
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the film has an approval rating of 80% based on 15 critics, and the average rating is 6.7/10.
Peter Sobczynski from ''
Roger Ebert.com'' gave it a 3.5 out of 4 stars, and wrote "An occasionally strange, occasionally brutal and occasionally lovely work that goes up on the shelf with 'The Ocean of Helena Lee' and 'Girlhood' as one of the more impressive coming-of-age tales of recent times." ''
The A.V. Club
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'' Adam Nayman gave it a C+, and stated "The ostensible boldness of ''Misunderstood'' is undermined by the sense that it's also pandering-that its view of childhood as a bourgeois horror-show is at least as salable on the art-house circuit as it is authentic to its creator's experiences."
References
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2014 films
2014 drama films
Italian drama films
2010s Italian-language films
Films directed by Asia Argento
Films about children
Films about dysfunctional families
Films set in Rome
Films set in 1984