''Days and Clouds'' () is a 2007 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Silvio Soldini Silvio Soldini (born 1958, in Milan) is an Italian film director. Soldini has received 17 awards in his career and 32 nominations as of November 2015. His 2007 film '' Days and Clouds'' was selected for the main competition on the 30th Moscow I ...

. It was entered into the

30th Moscow International Film Festival The 30th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 28 June 2008. The Golden George was awarded to the Iranian film '' As Simple as That'' directed by Reza Mirkarimi. Jury * Liv Ullmann (Norway – Chairman of the Jury) * Michael ...

where

Margherita Buy Margherita Buy (; born 15 January 1962) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and eight-time Nastro d'Argento winner. Overview After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her ...

won the award for Best Actress.

Plot

Set in

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, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele (

Antonio Albanese Antonio Albanese (born 10 October 1964 in Olginate, Province of Lecco), is an Italian comedian, actor, director and writer. Biography Born in Lombardy to Sicilian parents, he studied at the Civic Drama School in Milan, then opted to pursue a ...

) loses his job. He and his wife Elsa (

) are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, finding new work, and making sacrifices.

Cast

as Elsa *

as Michele *

Giuseppe Battiston Giuseppe Battiston (born 22 July 1968) is an Italian actor. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1990. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1968 births Living people Italian male actors Pe ...

as Vito *

Alba Rohrwacher Alba Caterina Rohrwacher (, ; born 27 February 1979) is an Italian-German actress. Early life Alba Rohrwacher was born in Florence to a German father and an Italian mother. From the age of 17 to 21 she studied medicine, intending to be a doctor ...

as Alice *

Carla Signoris Carla Signoris (; born 10 October 1960 in Genoa) is an Italian comedian and film, theatre and television actress. In 2009 she was nominated to the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in '' Ex''. As a dubber, she ...

as Nadia *

Fabio Troiano Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented in Portuguese as ''Fábio'' (with t ...

as Riki *

Paolo Sassanelli Paolo Sassanelli (born 29 October 1958) is an Italian stage, film and television actor and director. Life and career Born in Bari, Sassanelli made his stage debut in his hometown in the second half of the 1980s. He then moved to Rome and had hi ...

as Salviati *

Arnaldo Ninchi Arnaldo Ninchi (17 December 1935 – 6 May 2013) was an Italian actor, voice actor and basketball player. Ninchi was born in Pesaro, the son of the actor Annibale. In his youth he was a basketball player, debuting on the national team at just 1 ...

as Padre di Michele * Teco Celio as Ragionier Terzetti * Antonio Carlo Francini as Luciano * Carlo Scola as Fabrizio * Alberto Giusta as Roberto

References

External links

* * 2007 films 2007 drama films Italian drama films 2000s Italian-language films Films directed by Silvio Soldini 2000s Italian films Warner Bros. films {{2000s-drama-film-stub