Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World

Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World

2017 · 92 min · IT · 5.8 (47 votes)
Dir. Francesca Comencini · Starring Lucia Mascino, Thomas Trabacchi, Valentina Bellè, Iaia Forte, Carlotta Natoli, Camilla Semino Favro
DramaComedy

Claudia and Flavio were once passionately in love, but all of that is over. Now, in their fifties, they must venture anew into the world of love and dating once more but for Claudia confronting the end and accepting a new beginning isn’t so easy. Claudia is unwilling to let go and forget the life she’s built with Flavio, while Flavio, eager to move on, soon finds himself in a relationship with a much younger woman. Claudia soon reconnects with Nina, a student from her days as a professor.

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A tender, quiet exploration of lingering love and the difficult, often awkward, process of letting go. It feels like a warm, melancholic embrace, contemplating the ghosts of past relationships and the hesitant steps toward a new future.

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