
Iris(2001)
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.


“Desire knows no bounds.”
Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her.

Massimo Girotti
Simone / Davide Veroli

Raoul Bova
Lorenzo

Filippo Nigro
Filippo

Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Giovanna

Serra Yılmaz
Eminè
Maria Grazia Bon
Sara

Massimo Poggio
Young Davide

Ivan Bacchi
Simone

Veronica Bruni
Tintora

Olimpia Carlisi
Donna negozio stoffe
Facing Windows is a drama, romance film released in 2003 exploring themes of love, old man, memory, holocaust (shoah) survivor, compassion, photographic memory. Directed by Ferzan Özpetek, it stars Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro. Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her.
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