Agata And The Storm
– The story of a middle-aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and f..
The story of a middle-aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and family secrets of infidelity, her energy levels registering in bursts of electrical interference - causing lightbulbs, traffic lights, toasters and computers to spontaneously spark and malfunction.
27 Feb 2004
Italian, English
Silvio Soldini
Doriana Leondeff, Francesco Piccolo, Silvio Soldini
Licia Maglietta, Giuseppe Battiston, Emilio Solfrizzi, Marina Massironi
In Genoa, Agata runs her bookstore and, without meaning to, causes light bulbs and appliances to burn out. At the same time that a younger man declares his attraction to her, her brother Gustav, a morose architect, a distant husband, and an indifferent father, discovers that he was adopted and has a half-brother in the Po Valley. To Agata's great pain, she sees her young man with another woman - plus, Gustav cuts himself off from her and from his wife and son. Agata goes to the Po Valley, meets Gustav's brother and the brother's wife, and tries to reconnect by letting life wash over her. Wisdom comes from traditional Chinese medicine and from good literature.
12 nominations.
Albachiara