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| cinematography = [[Arnaldo Catinari]] |
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'''''A Woman as a Friend''''' ({{ |
'''''A Woman as a Friend''''' ({{langx|it|Una donna per amica}}) is a 2014 [[romantic comedy]] film written and directed by [[Giovanni Veronesi]] and starring [[Fabio De Luigi]] and [[Laetitia Casta]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Maurizio Porro|title=Le avventure poco interessanti di un improbabile avvocato|url=http://cinema-tv.corriere.it/cinema/14_febbraio_28/avventure-poco-interessanti-un-improbabile-avvocato-f0437ad8-a098-11e3-b6e1-915c31041614.shtml|accessdate=31 January 2016|work=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=28 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Aureliano Verità|title=Una donna per amica, De Luigi e Laetitia Casta nel nuovo film di Veronesi|url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/02/25/una-donna-per-amica-de-luigi-e-casta-nel-nuovo-film-di-veronesi-il-trailer/893312/|accessdate=31 January 2016|work=[[Il Fatto Quotidiano]]|date=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Marita Toniolo|title=Una donna per amica. L'insostenibile leggerezza dell'amore nella nuova commedia con De Luigi e la Casta|url=http://www.bestmovie.it/news/una-donna-per-amica-linsostenibile-leggerezza-dellamore-nella-nuova-commedia-di-giovanni-veronesi-la-nostra-recensione/279741/|accessdate=31 January 2016|work=Best Movie|date=25 February 2014}}</ref> |
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== Plot == |
== Plot == |
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Francesco De Biase, a lawyer , and Claudia Casamacchia, a veterinarian of French origins, are very close friends . |
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Francesco, a lawyer, and Claudia, veterinary, are very well together friends. A day in the life of her bursts Giovanni, who in a short time the bride. The husband, however, reveals a violent and Claudia takes refuge at the home of Francesco, who meanwhile is engaged to Lia, one of her colleagues, and is about to move in together. Francesco soon realizes that the friendship between man and woman is more difficult than expected, and begins to lie to Lia about the nature of his friendship with Claudia. In a short time, after that Claudia has left her husband, in a moment of intoxication let Francesco kisses; repented, then she gives a night of sex with Luca, a former classmate. Francesco, who happened to see her leave the house dressed up, following it, understands that it is time to finally cut ties with Claudia. Long after the secretary of Francis announces the arrival of a girl who claims to be his new secretary: This is Anna's sister, Claudia, out of a drug rehabilitation center, to which the lawyer had promised a job in his study. Hands him a card of Claudia, but Francesco does not want to know anything. Gave the last money to the girl and follows her advice to go and eat ice cream by the sea, where he meets Giulia. |
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One day Giovanni bursts into her life and marries her in a short time . However, her husband turns out to be violent and Claudia takes refuge at Francesco's house, who in the meantime is engaged to Lia, a colleague of hers and is about to move in together . |
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Francesco soon realizes that friendship between a man and a woman is more difficult than expected and begins to lie to Lia about the friendship between him and Claudia. In a short time, after Claudia has abandoned her husband, in a moment of inebriation she lets Francesco kiss her. Repentant, he then allows himself a night of sex with Luca, a former schoolmate. Francesco, who by chance sees her leaving the house dressed up, follows her and spies on her and, after seeing her squalid show, understands that the time has come to cut ties with Claudia for good. |
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Some time later, Francesco's secretary announces the arrival of a girl who is posing as his new secretary: it is Anna, Claudia's sister, who came out of a rehabilitation center for drug addicts, to whom the lawyer had promised a job in his studio. Anna hands him a postcard from Claudia, who has returned to live in Paris with her mother, but Francesco doesn't want to know anything about it anymore. He gives the girl his last money and follows her advice to go eat an ice cream at the seaside, where he meets Giulia. |
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Seven years later, Francesco is sleeping on an armchair in an airport waiting room, when Claudia appears and, seeing him sleeping, jokingly begins to disturb him, blowing on his face. At that point, a little girl arrives, Francesco's daughter, who immediately turns out to be wary of Claudia. The little girl wakes up her father while her ex-friend runs to hide, and in the meantime her mother, Giulia, arrives with another baby in her pouch, who calls him because they are late for the plane. |
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== Cast == |
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* [[Virginia Raffaele]] as Patrizia |
* [[Virginia Raffaele]] as Patrizia |
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*[[Antonia Liskova]] as Antonia |
*[[Antonia Liskova]] as Antonia |
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* Flavio Montrucchio as Luca |
* [[Flavio Montrucchio]] as Luca |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Latest revision as of 06:02, 21 October 2024
| A Woman as a Friend | |
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| Directed by | Giovanni Veronesi |
| Written by | Giovanni Veronesi Ugo Chiti |
| Produced by | Domenico Procacci |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Arnaldo Catinari |
| Music by | Andrea Guerra |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
A Woman as a Friend (Italian: Una donna per amica) is a 2014 romantic comedy film written and directed by Giovanni Veronesi and starring Fabio De Luigi and Laetitia Casta.[1][2][3]
Plot
[edit]Francesco De Biase, a lawyer , and Claudia Casamacchia, a veterinarian of French origins, are very close friends .
One day Giovanni bursts into her life and marries her in a short time . However, her husband turns out to be violent and Claudia takes refuge at Francesco's house, who in the meantime is engaged to Lia, a colleague of hers and is about to move in together .
Francesco soon realizes that friendship between a man and a woman is more difficult than expected and begins to lie to Lia about the friendship between him and Claudia. In a short time, after Claudia has abandoned her husband, in a moment of inebriation she lets Francesco kiss her. Repentant, he then allows himself a night of sex with Luca, a former schoolmate. Francesco, who by chance sees her leaving the house dressed up, follows her and spies on her and, after seeing her squalid show, understands that the time has come to cut ties with Claudia for good.
Some time later, Francesco's secretary announces the arrival of a girl who is posing as his new secretary: it is Anna, Claudia's sister, who came out of a rehabilitation center for drug addicts, to whom the lawyer had promised a job in his studio. Anna hands him a postcard from Claudia, who has returned to live in Paris with her mother, but Francesco doesn't want to know anything about it anymore. He gives the girl his last money and follows her advice to go eat an ice cream at the seaside, where he meets Giulia.
Seven years later, Francesco is sleeping on an armchair in an airport waiting room, when Claudia appears and, seeing him sleeping, jokingly begins to disturb him, blowing on his face. At that point, a little girl arrives, Francesco's daughter, who immediately turns out to be wary of Claudia. The little girl wakes up her father while her ex-friend runs to hide, and in the meantime her mother, Giulia, arrives with another baby in her pouch, who calls him because they are late for the plane.
Cast
[edit]- Fabio De Luigi as Francesco
- Laetitia Casta as Claudia
- Valentina Lodovini as Lia
- Valeria Solarino as Anna
- Adriano Giannini as Giovanni
- Monica Scattini as Elga
- Geppi Cucciari as Cecilia
- Virginia Raffaele as Patrizia
- Antonia Liskova as Antonia
- Flavio Montrucchio as Luca
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Maurizio Porro (28 February 2014). "Le avventure poco interessanti di un improbabile avvocato". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Aureliano Verità (25 February 2014). "Una donna per amica, De Luigi e Laetitia Casta nel nuovo film di Veronesi". Il Fatto Quotidiano. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Marita Toniolo (25 February 2014). "Una donna per amica. L'insostenibile leggerezza dell'amore nella nuova commedia con De Luigi e la Casta". Best Movie. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
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