WAS UNS HÄLT (italienische OmU)

In the organizer's words:

by Daniele Luchetti, Italy 2020, 100 min.
With Luigi Lo Cascio, Alba Rohrwacher, Laura Morante

Naples, early 1980s: After their children, eleven-year-old Anna and nine-year-old Sandro, have just gone to bed, Aldo goes into the kitchen and confesses to his wife Vanda that he cheated on her with Anna. Today, a good 30 years later, Aldo and Vanda are still a couple. But their relationship has never been the same since that moment in the kitchen. And the two children had to grow up in an environment characterized by constant tension and underlying hostility.

"A vivid Ferrante-style marriage story, an emotionally tough but cleverly constructed portrait of a relationship that breaks down in slow motion. It's like the Italian version of Marriage Story, only stretched out over 40 years. Alba Rohrwacher and Luigi Lo Cascio are exceptionally strong as Vanda and Aldo." (The Times)