Respiro

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Emanuele Crialese

Language

Italian

Country

France, Italy

Release date

18 May 2002

Box office

$7,309,845

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Valeria Golino

  Grazia

• 

  Vincenzo Amato

  Pietro

• 

  Francesco Casisa

  Pasquale

• 

  Veronica D'Agostino

  Marinella

• 

  Filippo Pucillo

  Filippo

• Muzzi Loffredo

  Nonna

• 

  Elio Germano

  Pier Luigi

• 

  Avy Marciano

  velista francese

• Giuseppe Del Volgo

  zio Pino

• Matteo Solina

  Zio Antonio

• Vincenzo Barreca

  Cefalo

• Pasquale De Rubels

  Bufalo