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Empty Days (1999)

Empty Days poster
Original title
Rien à faire
Directed by
Marion Vernoux
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
3.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman deals with the emptiness of her daily life in a small French town. She meets a man who is also stuck and together they try to find a way out.

understatedsomberquietintrospectivemelancholicslow-pacedobservational

What happens

Empty Days (French: Rien à faire) is a 1999 French drama film written and directed by Marion Vernoux and starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. The film was entered into the main competition at the 56th Venice International Film Festival, winning the President of the Italian Senate's gold medal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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