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The Days of Abandonment
ItalianI giorni dell'abbandono
Directed byRoberto Faenza
Based onThe Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
StarringMargherita Buy
Luca Zingaretti
CinematographyMaurizio Calvesi
Music byGoran Bregović
Carmen Consoli
Running time
96 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Days of Abandonment (Italian: I giorni dell'abbandono) is a film of 2005 by Roberto Faenza, set in Turin, based on the novel The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante.

Synopsis

Olga (Buy), literary translator, wife and mother of two is suddenly abandoned by her husband (Zingaretti) for a younger woman. With this she enters into a painful lapse that turns into despair that brings her to sleep and food deprivation. She encounters a neighbour musician (Goran Bregović) that moves something in her. After a descent into hell and eventual rise from despair, Olga lives an insight that makes her realize that she was not losing her mind for the lost love but discovers the meaning of losing her dignity and being imprisoned in a single role, which she must break in order to enjoy life.

Cast

Awards

The film has received five nominations for several awards:

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Films directed by Roberto Faenza
Elena Ferrante
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