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Foreign language (Film)
Limmensita (Italian with English Subtitles)
£7.50 Full price
£6.50 Concession
£6.50 Supporter learn more
£5 Torridge Deal (for Torridge residents)
£10 Minestrone Matinee (A seat, a soup + tea/coffee)
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Ring Charlies@ThePlough to book for a pre-screening Italian meal: 01805 624924
Stars: Penélope Cruz, Vincenzo Amato, Luana Giuliani
A mesmerising Penélope Cruz proves once again that she is among the finest actors of her generation in this deeply personal coming-of-age drama. A vibrant and sun-drenched 1970s Rome belies the quiet desperation simmering inside Clara (Cruz), a woman trying to keep things upbeat for her children while trapped in an abusive marriage. Her eldest child, Adriana (an impressive debut performance from Luana Giuliani), idolises their fun-loving mother but also feels trapped, albeit in the wrong body. While their father and his peers refuse to accept Adriana as Andrew, he is off falling for a girl on ‘the other side of the reeds’, in poignant scenes reminiscent of Boys Don’t Cry. All the while, Crialese movingly employs nostalgic Italian songs and joyous fantasy sequences as a contrast to the harrowing reality of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Ring Charlies@ThePlough to book for a pre-screening Italian meal: 01805 625925
Running time 100 minutes
- "the force of Cruz’s charisma — she’s like a cross between Sophia Loren and a solar flare" - Wendy Ide, Screen International