A Summer in Genoa
2008 · Movie · 94 min · ★ 5.6 · 73% critics
After a family loss, a father relocates with his two daughters to Genoa, hoping a new place will help them heal. Instead, grief surfaces in very different ways as one child senses her mother’s presence and the other pushes toward independence.
Also known as Genoa
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Details
- Original title
- Genova
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2009-04-02
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (112 votes)
About
You may connect with this if you like quiet, reflective family dramas about grief and change with an art-house feel; Not for you if you want a clear plot, fast pace, or big emotional payoffs.
Pros: strong performances; evocative Genoa setting; thoughtful grief themes | Cons: very slow pace; thin plot; emotionally distant
Themes
- daughter
- sibling relationship
- loss of loved one
- italy
- sadness
Cast & crew
Colin Firth
as Joe
Perla Haney-Jardine
as Mary
Hope Davis
as Marianne
Catherine Keener
as Barbara
Kerry Shale
as Stephen
Alessandro Giuggioli
as Lorenzo
Willa Holland
as Kelly
- MR
Margherita Romeo
as Rosa
Sara Stewart
as Susanna
Trevor White
as Mike
Directed by Michael Winterbottom