Underplayed Gems

The Nanny (1999)

The Nanny poster
Original title
La balia
Directed by
Marco Bellocchio
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 46m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like this

How it feels

In early 20th century Italy, a wealthy family hires a wet nurse from the countryside to care for their baby. The nanny struggles with the emotional distance from her own child while bonded with the infant she tends.

somberintrospectivedeliberatemelancholicrestrainedpoignantearthyquietly intense

What happens

The Nanny (Italian: La balia) is a 1999 Italian drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio. It is based on the short story with the same name by Luigi Pirandello. It made it into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.