May be the greatest male soap opera ever put on film.
Don't Move (2005)
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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:28
Rotten:31
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Sergio Castellitto's latest film has a heavy dose of melodrama and is populated with unlikable characters.
Theatrical Release:Mar 11, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Based on a novel by his wife Margaret Mazzantini, actor-turned-director Sergio Castellitto's DON'T MOVE is a strikingly accomplished drama that features an unforgettable performance by Penelope... Based on a novel by his wife Margaret Mazzantini, actor-turned-director Sergio Castellitto's DON'T MOVE is a strikingly accomplished drama that features an unforgettable performance by Penelope Cruz. Successful doctor Timoteo (Castellitto) is shocked to discover that his fifteen-year-old daughter has been in a life-threatening motorcycle accident. As a fellow surgeon performs a dangerous procedure on her brain, Timoteo recalls a passionate affair he had before his daughter was born. He met the woman, Italia (Cruz), when his car broke down on the outskirts of the city. After an initial first encounter that resulted in Timoteo's brutally raping the hapless Italia, he found himself shunning his beautiful wife Elsa (Claudia Gerini) and returning to visit Italia more and more frequently. What began as a dark, shameful outlet for his disgust with his bourgeois existence grew to become a genuine love that would change Timoteo's--and Italia's--life forever. Dripping with sensuality, Castellitto's sprawling drama captures the exhilarations and frustrations of a man who is unable to come to grips with his ever-narrowing path in life. Yet DON'T MOVE belongs to Cruz, who delivers a heartbreaking performance that is devastating in its honesty and sadness. [More]
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Sergio Castellitto, Claudia Gerini, Angela Finocchiaro
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Sergio Castellitto, Claudia Gerini, Angela Finocchiaro, Marco Giallini, Pietro De Silva, Vittoria Piancastelli, Elena Perino, Renato Marchetti
Director: Sergio Castellitto
Director: Sergio Castellitto
Screenwriter: Sergio Castellitto, Margaret Mazzantini
Producer: Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz
Composer: Lucio Godoy
Studio: Northern Arts Entertainment
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Reviews for Don't Move
Although it's certainly intriguing, Don't Move ultimately comes across as a rather perverse vanity piece for the film's star/director and co-writer.
A full-bodied, all-stops-out love story with a wrenching impact that makes most of today's screen romances seem undernourished by comparison.
Though sprung from the mind of a woman, the film plays like a hetero male fantasy of tortured love.
Cruz gives a daring performance, for more reasons than her willingness to adopt a look that resembles a beat-up Chihuahua.
Castellitto's references to Federico Fellini's put-upon prostitute drama The Nights of Cabiria (1957) only reinforces the unsavory undercurrent of female exploitation.
The script is morose and unfocused -- not to mention hard to believe and insulting to women.
What could have been a provocative psychological drama is instead a dishonestly romantic exploration of narcissism and exploitation.
An astonishing performance from Penelope Cruz, who speaks fluent Italian, and especially by Sergio Castellitto as the director and male lead.
Cruz is astonishingly determined to make us believe she's a dumpy slag... but frankly, she's more like a comedy sketch character
Long on visual affections and unexamined smut but short on insight, the film’s view of human behavior is as offensive as it is preposterously simpleminded.
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