A Second Childhood

A Second Childhood

2010 · 98 min · IT · 6.7 (22 votes)
Dir. Pupi Avati · Starring Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Francesca Neri, Lino Capolicchio, Manuela Morabito, Erika Blanc, Osvaldo Ruggieri · Music Riz Ortolani
Drama

Lino and Chicca are an aging, childless middle-class couple whose life is disrupted after he's diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

VIBE

A deeply moving portrait of love tested by the cruelties of time and memory. It's a quiet, intimate film that lingers, exploring the profound impact of loss on a long-married couple.

melancholicpoignantheartbreakingintimateslow-burncharacter-driven dramarealisticquietagingmemory losslovelossfamily
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