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: ''Settembre'') is a 2022 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by

Giulia Steigerwalt Giulia Louise Steigerwalt (born 13 April 1982) is an American-born Italian screenwriter, director, and former actress. Life and career Born in Houston, Texas, United States, the daughter of a psychologist mother, Steigerwalt graduated in phylos ...

, in her directorial debut.

Plot

Cast

* Barbara Ronchi as Francesca *

Fabrizio Bentivoglio Fabrizio Bentivoglio (born 4 January 1957) is an Italian film and stage actor and screenwriter. Biography Fabrizio Bentivoglio was born in Milan (his father is Venetian). After only one season in the juvenile team of Inter Milan, he left his ...

as Guglielmo *

Thony Federica Victoria Johanna Caiozzo (born 15 May 1982), known professionally as Thony, is an Italian singer and actress. Biography Thony was born in Sicily by an Italian father and a Polish mother. When she was a teenager, she read a book about ...

as Debora * Andrea Sartoretti as Alberto * Tesa Litvan as Ana * Enrico Borello as Matteo * Margherita Rebeggiani as Maria * Luca Nozzoli as Sergio * Arianna Ascoli as Simona * Michele Enrico Montesano as Stefano Carracci

Production

The film was conceived by Steigerwalt during her time at

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. It is based upon the Steigerwalt's 2019 short film with the same name.

Release

The film premiered at the

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Film festivals ...

, and was released in Italian cinemas on 5 May 2022.

Reception

The film won two

David di Donatello Awards The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award ca ...

, for best actress (Ronchi) and

best new director ''Best New Director'' was an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle from its first inception in 1989 until discontinuing in 1996. There was no award in 1993. 1980s 1989 *Kenneth Branagh – ''Henry V'' **Runners-up: Steve Kloves – '' ...

(Steigerwalt). Steigerwalt was also awarded the

Silver Ribbon The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...

in the same category.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2022 films 2022 comedy-drama films 2020s Italian films 2020s Italian-language films 2022 directorial debut films Films produced by Matteo Rovere Groenlandia films Rai Cinema films