''Five Stormy Days'' () is a 1997 Italian comedy-drama film co-written and directed by . It premiered at the
54th edition of the
Venice International Film Festival
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.
Plot
Cast
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Roberto De Francesco as Giovanni
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Chiara Caselli
Chiara Caselli (born 22 December 1967) is an Italian actress. In 1994, Caselli won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress award as well as the David di Donatello for Best Actress award. Caselli has appeared in American films including '' My Ow ...
as Loredana
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Amanda Sandrelli as Antonella
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Gigio Alberti
Gigio Alberti (born 19 June 1956) is an Italian actor.
Background
Born in Milan as Luigi Alberti, he studied at the acting school of the Piccolo Teatro, graduating in 1981. His career is mainly associated to Gabriele Salvatores, with whom he ...
as Dario
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Rocco Papaleo
Rocco Antonio Papaleo (born 16 August 1958) is an Italian actor, film director and singer.
Biography
Born in Lauria, Basilicata, he moved to Rome to study math at university, while working as a plongeur. He left university to attend the theat ...
as Michele
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Massimo Ceccherini
Massimo Ceccherini (born 23 May 1965) is an Italian actor, film director, comedian and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Florence, Ceccherini is the son of a plasterer, he seemed destined for the same profession, but his father was attracted to ...
as Renato
* as Sergio
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Renato Carpentieri as Vince
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Umberto Orsini
Umberto Orsini (born 2 April 1934) is an Italian actor. He achieved prominence as a stage actor in Luchino Visconti's company, before becoming known to general audiences for his roles in RAI television dramas. He won the Nastro d'Argento for B ...
as himself
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Karin Proia as Fiorianna
* as Barbara
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Tonino De Bernardi
Release
The film premiered at the
54th Venice International Film Festival
The 54th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 27 August to 6 September 1997.
New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion was the Jury President of the Main Competition. The opening film was Woody Allen's ''Deconstructing Harry'', w ...
, in the Midday sidebar.
Reception
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Variety
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s critic David Rooney praised the film and wrote: "While it declines to build much on the script's solid comedic foundations, and perhaps could have used more punch, this amusing reflection on life, love and friendship quietly satisfies with its lightness of touch, its bittersweet observations and affectionately drawn characters."
Paolo Mereghetti
Paolo Mereghetti (born 28 September 1949) is an Italian film critic.
Born in Milan, Mereghetti graduated in philosophy with a thesis about Orson Welles.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. "Mereghetti, Paolo". ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio ...
described the film as "marked by a poetics of small coincidences and by surreal touches but also by discrepancies and ingenuity,
..yet unusual and worthy of attention".
References
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1997 films
1997 comedy-drama films
1990s Italian films