Film

Appassionate

1999 · 1h 35m · Comedy

IMDb

5.3

Pina was born in Portugal but now lives in poor circumstances in Naples. Pina has two daughters, Rosa, who has been wearing a wedding dress since she was left stranded at the altar several years ago, and Caterina, who murdered a man who wronged her as he left the church following his wedding. Caterina winds up in prison alongside Maddalena, a prostitute who witnessed the murder and was inspired to kill a man in her own life who had hurt her. The incidents from these women's lives are interspersed with another story, set in 1929 and filmed in black-and-white, about a man who shoots his wife in a movie theater and must run to avoid the police.

Anna Bonaiuto

Inês de Medeiros

Iaia Forte

Galatea Ranzi

Isabel Ruth

Salvatore Cantalupo

Carlo Cecchi

Roberto De Francesco

James Thierrée

Filippo Timi

Giulietta De Bernardi

Veronica De Bernardi

Salvatore D'Onofrio

Lello Giulivo

• Tonino De BernardiDirector · Writer
• Mario SestiWriter
• Loes KamsteegProducer
• Donatella PalermoProducer
• Tommaso BorgstromDirector of Photography
• Fiorella GiovanelliEditor

Release date

September 3, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Comedy