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THE OPEN COUPLE

by Federica Di Giacomo

synopsis

A film about the desire for happiness, based on the play by Franca Rame and Dario Fo. For years now, the highly-regarded actress and author Chiara Francini has brought The Open Couple to the stage. This timeless fairy tale or inferno, as the case may be, looks at couples in love, and love beyond couples. That’s the story of Antonia, whose husband proposes an open marriage. She only agrees so she won’t lose him, but everything changes as soon as she starts to investigate her feelings and peer out over her living-room couch. Chiara/Antonia, now torn between her husband Fredrik and her partner-in-crime and on-stage, Alessandro, resolves to explore a world born of the open couples of the ‘70s, a world of polyamory, the young and not-so-young who are “against” monogamy, feminists, and sex-positive parties. She delves into her own soul, her life and loves filled with questions, doubt, laughter and the certainties we desperately hold on to, as a way to rein ourselves in.

international title: The Open Couple
original title: Coppia aperta quasi spalancata
country: Italy
year: 2024
genre: fiction
directed by: Federica Di Giacomo
film run: 120'
screenplay: Federica Di Giacomo
cast: Chiara Francini, Alessandro Federico, Karl Gustaf Fredrik Lundqvist
cinematography by: Diego Romero Suarez Llanos, Clarissa Cappellani
film editing: Irene Vecchio
music: Giulia Tagliavia
producer: Chiara Francini, Karl Gustaf Fredrik Lundqvist, Fabio Morgan, Pierfrancesco Pisani
co-producer: Mario Paloschi
production: Nemesis, RAI Cinema, Ballandi Arts
distributor: I Wonder Pictures

Photogallery 28/08/2024: Venice 2024 - The Open Couple

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Chiara Francini, Federica Di Giacomo
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