Genova (2009)
A man moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genoa changes all three of them as the youngest daughter starts to see the ghost of her mother, while the older one discovers her sexuality.
- Date of release
- 2009-04-02
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (115)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Director
- Michael Winterbottom
Casting
- Colin Firth — Joe
- Perla Haney-Jardine — Mary
- Hope Davis — Marianne
- Catherine Keener — Barbara
- Kerry Shale — Stephen
- Alessandro Giuggioli — Lorenzo
- Willa Holland — Kelly
- Margherita Romeo — Rosa
- Sara Stewart — Susanna
- Trevor White — Mike
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Genoa
Genova is a 2008 drama film co-written and directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, and Hope Davis. It was filmed in the titular city of Genoa during the summer of 2007. It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and won the best director's award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Production
Andrew Eaton produced the film and suggested that it reflected Michael Winterbottom's family life in the same way that Winterbottom's ex-wife, Sabrina Broadbent, had documented their family life in her novel Descent: An Irresistible Tragicomedy of Everyday Life.
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