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Sailing Home (2001)

Sailing Home poster
Original title
Tornando a casa
Directed by
Vincenzo Marra
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man returns to his hometown in southern Italy after a long absence. He reconnects with his family and confronts the changes in his relationships and his own life.

groundedintimatecontemplativestarkmelancholicrealisticslow-paced

What happens

Sailing Home (Italian: Tornando a casa) is a 2001 Italian drama film written and directed by Vincenzo Marra, in his feature film debut. The film premiered at the 58th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in which it won the jury prize of the Venice International Film Critics' Week sidebar. The film also won the Grand Prize at the international competition of the 4th Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema. For this film, Marra received a David di Donatello nominatiob for Best Directorial Debut and a Nastro d'Argento nomination as Best New Director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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