Director
Emanuele Crialese 's thoughtful and beautifully filmed drama, winner of the Cannes Critics'Week Award, is set in an impoverished fishing village on the Italian island of Lampedusa. A young boy remains loyal to his free-spirited mother when neighbours suggest she should be hospitalised for her mood swings. Starring Valeria Golino and Vincenzo Amato. In Italian with English subtitles. Review page 58.