Dormant Beauty

Dormant Beauty
(Bella addormentata)
Film poster
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Produced by Riccardo Tozzi
Giovanni Stabilini
Marco Chimenz
Fabio Conversi (co-producer)
Fabio Massimo Cacciatori (executive producer)
Franco Bevione (executive producer)
Written by Marco Bellocchio
Veronica Raimo
Stefano Rulli
Starring Isabelle Huppert
Music by Carlo Crivelli
Cinematography Daniele Ciprì
Edited by Francesca Calvelli
Release date
  • 5 September 2012 (2012-09-05) (Venice)
  • 6 September 2012 (2012-09-06) (Italy)
Running time
 115 minutes
Country Italy
France
Language Italian

Dormant Beauty (Italian: Bella addormentata) is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio and starring Toni Servillo and Isabelle Huppert. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.[1] For this film Maya Sansa won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress.

Plot

In 1992 the young Eluana Englaro (because of an incident remains) is in a coma. She is deemed incurable. In 2009 her parents opt to euthanize her. In Italy it isn't legal to do this; the Catholic church and politics are hurled ruthlessly against them.

In the meantime episodes occur among acquaintances of Eluana — a young woman decides to kill herself, wanting to ingest a massive dose of heroin. She is persuaded to stop by a doctor. A member of the government of Berlusconi refuses to align himself with the party and plans to vote against a bill that will make euthanasia illegal.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Venezia 69". labiennale. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
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