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| Respiro [2003] | ![Respiro [2003]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5122Z9FANQL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Emanuele Crialese
Actors: Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato (ii), Francesco Casisa, Veronica D'agostino, Filippo Pucillo
Studio: Tartan Video
Category: DVD
Buy New: £20.68
Buy New/Collectible from £20.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 35816
Format: Anamorphic, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), Italian (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 91 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5023965345523
ASIN: B00011FXHI
Release Date: January 26, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: April 10, 2003
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 enjoy this film - emotionally visually and musically; a feast for the senses , as well as a commentary on societal mores November 11, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The bad reviews miss the point here - this is a film about a headstrong young woman who confronts the stiffling social conventions on an Italian Island........ it is not so much a story as a state of being - and the fact that both Grazia and the island of Lampedusa are stunningly beautiful makes the confrontations even more stark. If you are paying attention to details of slum garbage in the scenes then clearly the film is not moving you at an emotional level, as it did me.br /Grazia plays the part wonderfully. The fact that I did not really notice much of the other acting except for that of her son Pasqual means that it worked ok.
 Just...awful June 10, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
One star for the scenery, and that's being generous. On paper, this ticks all the right boxes for my taste in film - quirky, subtitled and unusual. Unfortunately, this amounted to absolutely nothing in this film. Really disappointing. I'd attempt to analyse the story, if only there was one.
Don't be fooled May 16, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
The people in Cannes must haved owed somebody, there is no other reason to rate this film. Golino is the only professional actress in the film and she is not that good. The rest of the cast are and look amateur. Some of the acting is apalling. The scenery is not that wonderful and every scene has some detritus of slum dwelling in it. The ending like the rest of the film is muddled and unsatisfactory. Save your money - you have been warned.
 An aesthetically beautiful and atmospheric film March 7, 2005
57 out of 58 found this review helpful
Emanuele Crialese's 2002 film Respiro, meaning "Breath", is a slow-paced, visually stunning film shot entirely on location in Lampedusa, a dust-blown island off the western coast of Sicily. Valeria Golino plays Grazia, a vivacious young mother of three who does not conform to the social constraints placed on her in a small fishing community, where the way of life has been ingrained and unchanged for centuries. Here, husbands go to sea and wives work packing fish while their children play amongst the cliffs. Grazia's unconventional and free-spirited attitude to life causes concern amongst her elders, and the community decides that she should go to Milan to seek medical attention.pGolino is the only professional in the cast, which is otherwise made up of local islanders. Usually confined to support roles in Hollywood, such as in Rain Man and Frida, she responds magnificently to having the lead, conveying Grazia's spontaneity and close relationship with her daughter and two sons with vibrance and subtlety. She is admirably supported by Vincenzo Amato, in real life a sculptor, as her fisherman husband, who brings a gentle strength to the role. Francesco Casisa, who plays her 14 year old son Pasquale, steals many of his scenes with a brooding combination of tenderness and brutality.pWinner of three awards at the Cannes Film Festival, Respiro draws great strength from Crialese's realist depiction of family and community life, but the final scene raises it to another plane with an almost mythical sequence. Crialese's use of symbolism is subtle and effective, with recurrent images of animals trapped by humans that perfectly mirror the social restraints put on Grazia's behaviour. There is some great cinematography, with the scenes shot underwater the most stunning of the film. Backed up by John Surman's mesmerizing saxophone score, it is an aesthetically beautiful and atmospheric film.
'Respiro' will take your breath away June 26, 2004
58 out of 59 found this review helpful
This film is absolutely stunning. Shot entirely on the island of Lampedusa, southwest of Sicily, the scenery is breath taking. On the island, time stands still. The locals are introverted and speak in Sicilian dialect. The men fish for a living and children play on the cliffs. Life is steeped in tradition and ritual. Grazia (Valeria Golino) is a fisherman's wife and mother of three. Her behaviour is unconventional, one moment she is affectionate, the next aggressive. She is shunned by society because of this. Her family decide to send her away to Milan to seek expert medical advice. But if Grazia really is "ill" then it is her spirit that is sick. Grazia is tired of her closed and suffocating environment. She longs to let go which is why she finds the sea so inviting...p'Respiro' won three awards at the 2002 Cannes film festival and it is not hard to see why. The film is beautifully shot and the actors are perfect because they are incredibly real. There is little dialogue and this is appropriate because visually 'Respiro' is a true delight and this allows for the viewer to become completely absorbed by the landscape and pace of the film without having to concentrate too hard. The film is fascinating and intriguing. Above all we want to know what lies behind the hauntingly beautiful Grazia and her faraway eyes, as transparent as the ocean itself.
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