Tenderness

La Tenerezza
Gianni Amelio

Loosely based on Lorenzo Moreno’s Premio Strega Prize–winning novel The Temptation to Be Happy, the latest by Gianni Amelio explores loneliness, heartbreak, and complicated family relations in modern-day Naples.

DIRECTOR
Gianni Amelio
YEAR
2017
COUNTRY
Italy
RUNTIME
103 minutes
LANGUAGE
Italian with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
La Tenerezza

The latest by Lamerica director Gianni Amelio explores loneliness, heartbreak, and complicated family relations in modern-day Naples. Renato Carpentieri stars as Lorenzo, an elderly widower estranged from his children who gradually builds a friendship with the new family next door—until a catastrophe pulls them apart. Loosely based on Lorenzo Moreno’s Premio Strega Prize–winning novel The Temptation to Be Happy, Tenderness is a powerfully acted character study as well as an evocative portrait of middle-class Naples, beautifully filmed by Luca Bigazzi (The Great Beauty).

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