Anna arrives in Italy to stay with her school friend Verena and her family in their rented villa in Tuscany. Her partner Alex was meant to accompany her, but Anna tells Verena that he has to stay in London due to his work. Over the course of the film it becomes apparent that Anna took the holiday to get some time away from Alex, following a heavy argument. The group is split into an unspoken line between the olds and the youngs. Trying to escape her relationship worries with Alex, Anna finds herself spending increasingly more time with the teenagers, upsetting Verena. She joins in with their mild hedonism, even promising not to tell their parents about their dope smoking and a drug and drink-fuelled car accident in a borrowed car.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 40 min.
- Country, year
- United Kingdom, 2007
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Joanna Hogg
- Screenplay
- Joanna Hogg
- Cinematography
- Oliver Curtis
- Cast
- David Rintoul, Kathryn Worth, Mary Roscoe, Michael Hadley, Tom Hiddleston, Emma Hiddleston
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- FIPRESCI Prize
- Most Promising Newcomer, nominated for Best Film
- First Film Award
- nominated for Breakthrough British Filmmaker award.
Director
Joanna Hogg
Joanna Hogg is a film director and screenwriter who lives in London, UK. Her feature films have won numerous awards and include Unrelated (2007); Archipelago (2010); and Exhibition (2013), starring the artist Liam Gillick and the musician Viv Albertine. Hogg co-founded the collective A Nos Amours with Adam Roberts. Dedicated to programming over-looked and under-exposed cinema, its retrospective of the complete works of Chantal Akerman runs until mid-2015. Hogg is currently working on a film set in the 1980’s.