Me and You (film)
Me and You (Italian: Io e te) is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, based on the novel with the same name by Niccolò Ammaniti. The film was screened out of competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2] It was Bertolucci's final feature film before his death on 26 November 2018.
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Directed by | Bernardo Bertolucci |
Produced by | Mario Gianani Lorenzo Mieli |
Screenplay by | Bernardo Bertolucci Niccolò Ammaniti Umberto Contarello Francesca Marciano |
Based on | Me and You by Niccolò Ammaniti |
Starring | Jacopo Olmo Antinori Tea Falco |
Cinematography | Fabio Cianchetti |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Plot
Lorenzo has difficulties in communicating with other people and pays more attention to his inner world. When his class goes to the mountains for a week to ski, Lorenzo secretly settles in the basement of his apartment building. However, his loneliness is interrupted with an unexpected appearance of an unfamiliar girl, whose story is closely interwoven with that of Lorenzo and his family.
Cast
- Jacopo Olmo Antinori as Lorenzo
- Tea Falco as Olivia
- Sonia Bergamasco as Lorenzo's mother
- Pippo Delbono as Psychologist
- Veronica Lazar as Lorenzo's grandmother
Reception
Philip French of The Observer called it "a lightweight disappointing affair".[3]
References
- "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- Bradshaw, Peter (22 May 2012). "Cannes 2012: Me and You (Io e Te) – review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- French, Philip (21 April 2013). "Me and You – review". The Observer. London. Retrieved 10 May 2013.