Italian Studies

Name: Italian Studies
Genre: Drama
Released: January 14, 2022
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Annabel Hoffman, Annika Wahlsten, David Ajala, Eve Van Rens, Fred Hechinger

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: January 14, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Annabel Hoffman, Annika Wahlsten, David Ajala, Eve Van Rens, Fred Hechinger, Jenny Hollingworth, Lars Wahlsten, Lauren Colasanti, Maya Hawke, Misha Brooks, Neil Comber, Rosa Walton, Sam Soghor, Simon Brickner, Vanessa Kirby

Summary: While visiting New York City from her native London, writer Alina Reynolds (Vanessa Kirby) inexplicably loses her memory and suddenly becomes unmoored and adrift on the streets of Manhattan with no sense of time or place — or even her own name. As Alina’s consciousness swings between imagined conversations, fragments of her own shortWhile visiting New York City from her native London, writer Alina Reynolds (Vanessa Kirby) inexplicably loses her memory and suddenly becomes unmoored and adrift on the streets of Manhattan with no sense of time or place — or even her own name. As Alina’s consciousness swings between imagined conversations, fragments of her own short stories and the bustling city around her, she finds an anchor in charismatic teenager Simon (Simon Brickner). Drawn to the lost woman, Simon soon introduces Alina to his free-spirited group of friends, and together they make their way through a disorienting cityscape full of life, beauty, and music.… Expand

Director: Adam Leon

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 81 min

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Jesse Hassenger

Jan 11, 2022

The wistful feelings it generates about a world allowed to keep moving coexist alongside an uneasy evocation of brain fog, an easy stand-in for either a zombified endemic state or a specific long-COVID symptom—take your pick. Whatever the original motivation, Leon appears to sense, after a couple of sweet slice-of-life capers, that you can’t keep walking and talking forever. Read full review

The Playlist Nick Allen

Jun 18, 2021

Italian Studies is a striking mix of open-hearted storytelling and atmospheric filmmaking, with an overall confidence from Leon and Kirby that’s more pronounced than the script’s slippery nature. Read full review

Andrew Crump

Jan 12, 2022

It’s an odd sort of travelogue Leon and Kirby curate here, but Italian Studies’ drifting, artsy peculiarities make 70 minutes fly by with a palliative affection—for Alina, for New York and for all the intersecting stories contained within its bounds. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Jun 18, 2021

This is a film about an artist who forgets herself, made by an artist trying to do the same, and with the help of an actress looking for an anchor of truth to hold onto right when the tides of stardom are threatening to pull her out to sea. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Carlos Aguilar

Jan 14, 2022

Frustrating in its repetitiveness, Leon’s third feature is like a narrative exercise fascinated by both memory and youth. Italian Studies relentlessly experiments with form, but fails to fully congeal. Read full review

The Film Stage Michael Frank

Jun 18, 2021

Italian Studies disorients the viewer for an experience that has moments of singularity, though it can’t hide from its disjointed nature. But it’s different, and that has definitive value. Read full review

Screen Rant Mae Abdulbaki

Jun 18, 2021

Leon imbues the film with an uncertain sense of dread, but he doesn’t lead the story or its protagonist anywhere worthwhile. It’s as though the narrative was designed specifically to capture the feeling of being lost in the city and what that might do to someone, but there’s very little exploration of Alina’s interiority for it to be satisfying. Read full review

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Habibiehakim

Jan 17, 2022

The movie did have a style and the movie did have some performances but i just didn't care at all, not only the person but the story and all of that, i just didn't care, at in the end Italian Studies is just a waste of time especially when the movie was less than 80 minutes, it's boring andThe movie did have a style and the movie did have some performances but i just didn't care at all, not only the person but the story and all of that, i just didn't care, at in the end Italian Studies is just a waste of time especially when the movie was less than 80 minutes, it's boring and it feels so long and that's because i did not invest or care about anything inside the movie.… Expand

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