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Tenderness

Original title: La tenerezza / Tenerezza: Holding Hands
2017 · 1 h 50 min
Directed by Gianni Amelio · Italy · Italian Neorealism and After
Drama

Cast

Elio Germano Giovanna Mezzogiorno Micaela Ramazzotti Greta Scacchi Renato Carpentieri Arturo Muselli

Credits

Written by: Lorenzo Marone

Plot

Back from the hospital where he has been treated after a stroke, a retired lawyer meets a young neighbor family.

Sinekatalog’s take

Gianni Amelio's Italian drama, La tenerezza, with Renato Carpentieri and Micaela Ramazzotti, is a bittersweet, solitary portrait of old age, in Naples.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (1,471 votes)
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