Respiro

Grazia is a free-spirited mother-of-three married to shy fisherman Pietro and living on the idyllic but isolated island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea. She shows signs of manic depressive behavior — one moment she's laughing wildly and swimming half-naked in the sea, while the next she's curled in a ball on her bed. Out of her earshot, the adult members of her extended family vaguely discuss sending her to a facility of some sort in Northern Italy.

Director: Emanuele Crialese

Cast

Valeria Golino

Grazia

Vincenzo Amato

Pietro

Francesco Casisa

Pasquale

Veronica D'Agostino

Marinella

Filippo Pucillo

Filippo

M

Muzzi Loffredo

Nonna

Elio Germano

Pier Luigi

Avy Marciano

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