LA VITA CHE VORREI
| Original Title |
La vita che vorrei |
| Also Known As: |
The Life I Want (International: English title) |
| Director |
Giuseppe Piccioni |
| Genre |
Romance/Drama |
| Country of origin |
Italy/Germany |
| Language spoken |
Italian |
| Year of production |
2004 |
| Box Office |
Opening Weekend |
| Production |
Lionello Cerri per Raicinema, Lumiere & Co., Mikado, Mtm Medien & Television Munchen |
| Domestic distribution/ World sales |
01 Distribuzione (Italy)/Adriana Chiesa Enterprises |
| Domestic release |
1 October 2004 (Italy) |
| Official website |
www.adrianachiesaenterprises.com/html/acelavitachevorrei.html |
| Awards |
David di Donatello Awards
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists year: 2005
Montréal World Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival |
Synopsis
Love inevitably explodes on the set when Laura
is cast to play the devastating leading actress opposite Stefano in a film
in which the two portray secret forbidden lovers. As shooting begins, the
actor, known for his cool reserve and self-control, gradually surrenders to
the intense attraction of Laura's impetuous and deeply sensuous aura, the
spontaneous generosity of her emotions.
Day after day, the young couple recite their words of love and, despite themselves,
fall deeper and deeper in love. These words seem to be a forgotten language
meant only for the two of them. As actors, they begin to take refuge in the
intimate duality of the film's story and their own real lives, finding a way
to say the inexpressible and declare the mystery of their new feelings.
Laura and Stefano, however, soon find themselves torn between the make-believe
of the film's stolen embraces, fugues and repressed desires, and the intoxicating
reality of their own true love story. As their characters' destinies interweave
inextricably with their own, their play of roles becomes a mirror image of
the tortuous passion of the lovers in their film.