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U.S. Premiere Winner of 5 Donatello Awards: Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Music, Best Educational Film
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SUNDAY, MAY 16 at 9 p.m.
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U.S. Premiere Winner of 5 Donatello Awards: Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Music, Best Educational Film
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SUNDAY, MAY 16 at 9 p.m.
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Synopsis:
Giovanna, though still very young, has been married to her devoted husband Davide for 9 years. She divides her time between her job at the poultry factory, looking after two children and baking cakes for the local cafe, bearing the weight of responsibility on her shoulders.
The strain on Giovanna is increased when her husband in his kindness brings home a refined elderly gentleman who has lost his memory. In trying to help this man, Giovanna reluctantly spends more and more time with him, slowly uncovering clues to the mystery of his buried past: a number tatooed onto his forearm, his expertise in the art of patisserie and the name, Simone...
Increasingly irritated by her husband's softness, her fantasies of the ideal are projected onto the handsome, mysterious neighbor opposite whom she watches in the hope of adding a little excitement to her life.
FATIH OZGUVEN (Radikal): Ferzan Ozpetek'in Son Pastasi
About the Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
 Ferzan Ozpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. He went to Italy in 1976 to study cinema history in the University of La Sapienza. He studied arts history and costume with Silvio D'Amico in Accademia Navona and Accademia d'Arte
Drammatica.
After working with Julian Beck at the Living Theater, in 1982 he worked as the director's assistant in the making of Scusate il Ritardo with Massimo Trioisi, and for Son Contento with Maurizio Ponzi. He continued to work as director Ponzi's assistant in almost all of his films. Later he worked with directors such as Lamberto Bava, Ricky Tognazzi, Francesco Nuti, Sergio Citti and Marco Risi. His first film, Hamam, was recognized in the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, in the Fifteen Days of the Directors, and was acclaimed by movie critics and film enthusiasts. It received international attention and was screened in France, England, Spain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan and the U.S. Ozpetek began working on his second film, The Last Harem (Harem Suare), in 1998. A Turkish-Italian-French co-production, The Last Harem was selected for Selection Officielle in the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and was the closing film of Un Certain Regard. It received significant ticket sales in all European countries where it was screened. It was also screened in Toronto, Palm Springs and London Film Festivals. His next film Ignorant Fairies competed in the 2001 Berlin Film Festival. It became the most watched film in Italy during the period it was screened in the movie theaters, leaving behind films of well known Italian directors, Nanni Moretti's La Stanza del Figlio and Giuseppe Tornatore's Malone at the box office. After Ignorant Fairies, Ozpetek was named as one of the three directors who lead the Italian cinema. Ferzan Ozpetek began filming Facing Window in September 2002 in Rome, which continued for 10 weeks. The film received about 40 awards, and became Ozpetek's best ticket-sold film in Italy. It was nominated for 11 David di Donatella awards and received five. Among others, it also received the Silver Ribbon award in the 49th Taormina Film Festival. Filmography:
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