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The Wait

L'Attesa

2015

Piero Messina

Juliette Binoche, Lou de Laâge, Domenico Diele, Giorgio Colangeli ...

5.9

570

Drama A mother unexpectedly meets her son's fiancée at a villa in Sicily and gets to know her as she waits for her son to arrive.

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"An elegant melodrama (...) The performances are vivid and moving, but there is ultimately less to this well-made, impeccably acted film than meets the eye. (...) You wait in gorgeus surroundings, in marvelous company, for something that never arrives."	NEU
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"Heavy-handed but impeccably performed."	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[A] cinematically dazzling debut, though a surfeit of style and too many unanswered questions keep auds at arm's length (...) [Messina] wants to invite us into the characters’ subconscious, but leaves us admiring the surface."	NEU
United States	Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"The film is a moody and lyrical contemplation of grief and the connections that can be found within the void of loss."	POS
United States	Stephanie Merry The Washington Post	"The lead actresses, like the story, work in subtle ways. There's plenty of potency in small gestures, anecdotes and shared glances. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS

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