The Wait

The Wait

2015 · 100 min · IT · NR · 6.3 (83 votes)
Dir. Piero Messina · Starring Juliette Binoche, Lou de Laâge, Giorgio Colangeli, Antonio Folletto, Domenico Diele, Corinna Locastro · Music Alma Napolitano
Drama

In the vast rooms of a beautiful Sicilian villa, Anna receives an unexpected guest. Twenty-something Jeanne has arrived from France, declaring herself to be the girlfriend of Anna’s son, Giuseppe, who has invited her to the house to spend Easter together. But this is news to Anna, and Guiseppe is not yet there...

VIBE

A quiet, simmering tension hangs in the air of a sun-drenched villa. Unspoken truths and hidden desires create an atmosphere of unease, making every interaction feel loaded with subtext. It’s a slow, deliberate unraveling of familial complexities.

melancholictensewistfulanxiousslow-burnarthouse dramaEuropean cinemacharacter-drivenfamily secretsunspoken desireslonelinessdeception
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