Themes: Families in Crisis, Crumbling Marriages, Breakups and Divorces
Main Cast: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Laura Morante, Nicoletta Romanoff, Silvio Muccino, Monica Bellucci
Release Year: 2003
Country: IT/UK/FR
Run Time: 124 minutes
MPAA Rating: NR
Plot
Gabriele Muccino's Ricordati di Me (Remember Me) is a drama about two generations in an Italian family. Carlo (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) and Giulia (Laura Morante) are a married couple who have each given up their aspirations in order to live an average life. Their 19-year-old son, Paolo (Silvio Muccino), is having trouble finding an identity, while their 18-year-old daughter, Valentina (Nicoletta Romanoff), has already figured out how to use sex to her advantage. The family goes through a crisis when Carlo begins having an affair, Giulia attempt to seduce the director of a local stage production she is in, and Valentina does what she does best to land an audition for the same production. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
At first glance the Ristuccia family is apparently normal and close-knit, but all of its members are hiding something. Carlo, the head of the family, would like to become a writer rather than continue working in an insurance company. Giulia, his wife, is a professor of literature who aspires to become an actress. Paolo is an insecure teenager who cannot successfully assert himself in front of girls whom he likes. Valentina desires to become a television showgirl at any cost. This silence is broken when Carlo meets his old love Alessia, with whom he starts an extra-marital affair. As a result Giula falls into total despair, destroying all the family's assets and losing control over their children.
Awards
3 Nastro d'Argento Prizes (Best Supporting Actress: Monica Bellucci - Best Screenplay: Gabriele Muccino and Heidrun Schleef - Best Producer: Domenico Procacci and Nadine Luque)
