The Time It Takes

In this deeply personal film about her relationship with her father, legendary filmmaker Luigi Comencini, Francesca Comencini’s (Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World, Open Roads 2018) virtuosic work of cinematic autobiography paints a richly emotional picture of their changing bond. Young Francesca (first-time actress Anna Mangiocavallo) and her father Luigi (an astonishing Fabrizio Gifuni) live together during the Years of Lead; they share a love of cinema (Luigi is in the middle of shooting an adaptation of Pinocchio), but their love for one another is tested both by the passage of time and by the convulsions of this turbulent period in Italian politics. A film suffused with empathy and self-reflection, The Time It Takes finds Comencini in top form, rendering the intensity and complications of the father-daughter relationship with a rare authenticity. The film earned six Donatello Award nominations, and ​​Romana Maggiora Vergano, who plays the adult Francesca, won the Pasinetti Award for best actress at its Venice Film Festival debut. A Distrib Films release.