
Giovanna has been married to her devoted husband for nine years. She carries the responsibility for the whole family. The strain of this begins to show when her overly considerate husband adds another burden by bringing home an elderly amnesiac, a man with a painful past.... (Full plot summary below)
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Giovanna has been married to her devoted husband for nine years. She carries the responsibility for the whole family. The strain of this begins to show when her overly considerate husband adds another burden by bringing home an elderly amnesiac, a man with a painful past.
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| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenNicely captures the changing emotions of a woman who is married to a boor. |
| L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasStructurally, it's ambitious, but emotionally the movie never quite connects, spending so much time laboring over its parallel storytelling and its cosmic connections that the characters remain at arm's length, as intangible as reflections in glass. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenDespite its surreal touches and an improbable story that piles on the metaphors, the movie, which has a rich, honey-dripping score by Andrea Guerra, maintains a tone of refined heart-tugging realism. |
| european-films.netBoyd van HoeijCast and production values are serviceable but bland and there are some hiccoughs in the story, making this intriguing film perhaps best suited for a viewing on DVD at home. |
| Boulder WeeklyThomas DelapaMezzogiorno...rises about the melodrama with a soulful grace that recalls Monica Vitti in her Antonioni films. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunThis is a beautifully written, grown-up story about choices, regrets and the passage of time. |
| New York ObserverAndrew SarrisIn a strange way, Facing Windows harks back to the glorious dawn of Italian Neorealism 60 years ago. And yet it is luminously contemporary in its rediscovery of a long-buried past, both personal and historical. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussAspires to be a self-actualization session for stifled wives, a plea for gay rights, a Holocaust story and a class in pastry appreciation, all at once... |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekThe parts are never integrated into a smoothly satisfying whole...as such it doesn't quite delight the cinematic palate. |
| Boxoffice MagazineShlomo SchwartzbergFiltered through the unsparing prism of history, it's a unique and powerful portrait of a marriage. |