Genova

Genova

V

Genre

Thriller , Drama, Thriller

Run time

1h 34min

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Screenplay: Laurence Coriat, Michael Winterbottom

Photography: Marcel Zyskind

Cast: Colin Firth, Perla Haney-Jardine, Willa Holland, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis

Following the death of their mother, Marianne, in a car accident, Kelly, aged 16, and Mary, 10, leave America with their English father, Joe, to live in Genova for a year. An old friend of Joe’s, Barbara, helps them find their feet in this strange city. It is an atmospheric location, offering up both freedom and danger, a combination of beauty and threat. The father teaches at university while the two girls embark on piano lessons with Mauro at his home in the old town of Genova, a maze of narrow alleyways in which the girls struggle to find their way. While Kelly discovers the secrets of this mysterious new world and is irritated at having to babysit her younger sister, Mary feels responsible for her mother’s demise and reveals to Barbara that she sometimes sees Marianne.

Genre

Thriller , Drama, Thriller

Run time

1h 34min

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Screenplay: Laurence Coriat, Michael Winterbottom

Photography: Marcel Zyskind

Cast: Colin Firth, Perla Haney-Jardine, Willa Holland, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis

Following the death of their mother, Marianne, in a car accident, Kelly, aged 16, and Mary, 10, leave America with their English father, Joe, to live in Genova for a year. An old friend of Joe’s, Barbara, helps them find their feet in this strange city. It is an atmospheric location, offering up both freedom and danger, a combination of beauty and threat. The father teaches at university while the two girls embark on piano lessons with Mauro at his home in the old town of Genova, a maze of narrow alleyways in which the girls struggle to find their way. While Kelly discovers the secrets of this mysterious new world and is irritated at having to babysit her younger sister, Mary feels responsible for her mother’s demise and reveals to Barbara that she sometimes sees Marianne.