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Rating: 12A
Duration: 1 hr 39mins

"Following last year's certified hit Official Competition, we're delighted to bring Penélope Cruz back to our big screens in the glorious L'immensità. A mesmerising Penélope Cruz proves once again that she is among the finest actors of her generation in this deeply personal coming-of-age drama. A vibrant and sun-drenched 1970s Rome belies the quiet desperation simmering inside Clara (Cruz), a woman trying to keep things upbeat for her children while trapped in an abusive marriage. Her eldest child, Adriana (an impressive debut performance from Luana Giuliani), idolises their fun-loving mother but also feels trapped, albeit in the wrong body. While their father and his peers refuse to accept Adriana as Andrew, he is off falling for a girl on ‘the other side of the reeds’, in poignant scenes reminiscent of Boys Don’t Cry. All the while, Crialese movingly employs nostalgic Italian songs and joyous fantasy sequences as a contrast to the harrowing reality of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown. ""the force of Cruz’s charisma — she’s like a cross between Sophia Loren and a solar flare"" - Wendy Ide, Screen International *Italian (English subtitles)"