Italian Cinema
Facing Windows
La Finestra di Fronte
Overburdened and trapped in a greying marriage, Giovanna begins to care for an elderly Jewish Holocaust survivor who can't remember who he is — and to look across at the man who lives in the apartment facing hers. A quiet film about desire, memory, and the lives we don't allow ourselves to live. Özpetek handles the dual time threads with great delicacy.
