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Bookmark this pageDomenica (2001)
Director: Wilma Labate
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From Time Out Film Guide
Offering panoramas of Naples, effective performances, traces of Pasolini-like realism and occasional flashes of poignancy, this tale of the friendship that develops between an angst-ridden cop and an orphan girl being brought up by the nuns is nevertheless too sentimental and emotionally self-conscious to satisfy. Giuliano is good as the girl, capturing her blend of saintliness, resourcefulness and idiosyncratic morality, as she assiduously collects money for the convent while pocketing a percentage for her own good works. It's the cop's job to prevail upon her to identify the man who raped her. Their link is the cop's old girlfriend, who runs a café, a regular stop-off point for the girl. In the process, the film takes an askance look at an outsider Italian family.Author: WH
Cast & crew
Director: Wilma Labate
Producer: Maurizio Tini
Cast: Claudio Amendola, Domenica Giuliano, Valerio Binasco, Peppe Servillo, Rosalinda Celentano, Annabella Sciorra full cast
Duration: 95 mins
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