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The Hummingbird
IL COLIBRÌ
Australian Premiere
Direct from its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, this profoundly moving drama follows the life of Marco Carrera (Pierfrancesco Favino, also in Nostalgia) from childhood to adulthood and the myriad of relationships along the way.
Featuring an all-star ensemble cast including Nanni Moretti (Three Floors), Kasia Smutniak (also in 3/19) and Berenice Bejo, The Hummingbird follows a life of fatal coincidences, losses and absolute loves. Based on the strength of memories, the story flits from one period to another, from the early 1970s to the near future.
Along his journey from a platonic love affair by the sea, to marrying a woman in Florence and starting a family, Marco receives the help of his psychoanalyst (Moretti), who teaches him how to welcome the most unexpected changes of direction.
Bringing the international bestselling novel by Sandro Veronesi to the big screen, Archibugi’s The Hummingbird delivers a story of the ancestral force of life and the struggle to resist what sometimes seems unsustainable, even with the powerful weapons of illusion, happiness and cheerfulness.
CastBérénice Bejo, Kasia Smutniak, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nanni Moretti
LanguageItalian with English subtitles
Official Selection
Toronto International Film Festival 2022 (Gala)
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DIRECTOR: FRANCESCA ARCHIBUGI
Francesca Archibugi (born Rome, 1960) is an actress, director and writer. In the 1970s, she acted in a handful of films, but her work behind the camera flourished after she studied filmmaking at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Cinecittà. After directing short films in the early 1980s, she made her feature film debut with Mignon Has Come to Stay (1988), which won 5 David di Donatello awards. Her 1993 film The Great Pumpkin solidified her reputation as one of Italy’s most important directors.