Movie

Appassionate (1999)

• September 3, 1999
• 1h 35m

• Comedy

Overview

Pina was born in Portugal but now lives in poor circumstances in Naples. Pina has two daughters, Rosa, who has been wearing a wedding dress since she was left stranded at the altar several years ago, and Caterina, who murdered a man who wronged her as he left the church following his wedding. Caterina winds up in prison alongside Maddalena, a prostitute who witnessed the murder and was inspired to kill a man in her own life who had hurt her. The incidents from these women's lives are interspersed with another story, set in 1929 and filmed in black-and-white, about a man who shoots his wife in a movie theater and must run to avoid the police.

Director

Tonino De Bernardi

Writers

Mario Sesti, Tonino De Bernardi

Starring

Anna Bonaiuto, Inês de Medeiros, Iaia Forte