Physics of Water released six years after completion
"I acted in Felice Farina’s The Physics of Water [+see also:
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The Physics of Water is being released April 30 by Iris Film, six years later after it was shot, and after surviving company failures, rights juggling, editing and a search for a distributor.
In this Shakespearian thriller Alessandro (Lorenzo Vavassori), a boy who lost his father when he was very small, lives with his mother Giulia (Paola Cortellesi), a swimming instructor, in the countryside. His life changes with the return of his uncle Claudio (Amendola), his father’s brother, whom he hasn’t seen since he was two and whom he dislikes immensely. With Claudio’s arrival, Alessandro begins having strange visions.
One day he tampers with the brakes of his uncle’s car, but his mother drives off in it instead. At the accident site Alessandro meets Davide (Stefano Dionisi), a police officer who takes him under his wing and helps the boy dig through buried memories like a small detective.
(Translated from Italian)
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