Grazia's Island

Name: Grazia's Island
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: May 23, 2003
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Francesco Casisa, Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato

2003

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 23, 2003 | PG-13

Starring: Francesco Casisa, Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato

Summary: Set on a small island near Western Sicily, this is the story of a free-spirited young wife and mother whose sometimes erratic behavior leads her husband?s family to question her stability.

Director: Emanuele Crialese

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 90 min

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Stephen Holden

Not since "Y Tu Mamá También" has a movie so palpably captured the down-to-earth, flesh-and-blood reality of high-spirited people living their lives without self-consciousness. Read full review

Ty Burr

If you prefer your domestic clashes sunnier and more strenuously poetic, Respiro may be your respite. If nothing else, it's a reminder of how severely underutilized Valeria Golino is as both actress and cinematic glory. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

For all Golino's comeliness, she's upstaged by the windy beauty of the landscape, and by Crialese's attention -- in an Italian neorealist way -- to the routines of daily life in an insular, traditional culture. Read full review

Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf

A small but grand expression of the beauty of the feminine, which brings everyone together with revised and deepened appreciation. Read full review

Rich Cline

As a whole, the film is perhaps a bit too gentle and meandering, but it's jammed full of superb moments. Read full review

Stanley Kauffmann

The film is merely a succession of odd events. But those events are interesting, and the texture of the village's life is full-fashioned. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Its long-winded denouement, in which Grazia runs away rather than be sent to an institution, doesn't bring the story full circle. It just extends it. Read full review

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VincenzoB.

Jul 5, 2008

This is a brave movie with simple plot and a powerful imagery. More than the beauty of the island, I was struck by the liveliness of the dynamics among the young boys, the codes of manhood among the adults, and the incredible character of the young woman. Don't miss it!

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