Respiro

Grazia's island
Director
Emanuele Crialese
Country
France, Italy
Year
2001
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Emanuele Crialese
Cast
Valeria Golino / Vincenzo Amato / Francesco Casisa / Veronica D'Agostino / Elio Germano / Filippo Pupillo / Emma Loffredo
Production
Fandango / Les Films des Tournelles

Storyline

Lampedusa, east of mainland Sicily - the present day. Grace, the wife of a young fisherman, is an emotionally fragile, excitable and misunderstood woman. The majority of her fellow islanders think she is "over-the-top" and although he is embarrassed by her behaviour, Grazia’s son Pasquale does his best to buffer her against growing pressure by both the community and Grazia’s husband to have her hospitalised in Milan.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

San Sebastián International Film Festival 2002
Zabaltegi
Festival de Cannes 2002
Competition

European Film Awards (EFA) 2002
Nomination to Fassbinder Award

Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2005
Call number 02/2005
Media support 3,382.15

Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2002
Call number 21/2001
Media support 271,000.00

Distribution territories:
Austria / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Netherlands / Norway / Portugal / Belgium / France / Iceland / Spain

Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2003
Call number 88/2002
Media support 110,000.00

Company who received the MEDIA support:
Karma Films