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Actors: Sergio Castellitto, Penélope Cruz, Claudia Gerini
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Don't Move |
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DON'T MOVE (Non ti muovere) is an Italian movie written and directed by Sergio Castellitto in 2004. Cruz and Castellitto earned the Italian Academy awards in the Best Actor and Best Actress categories for their performance.
When his daughter is brought to the hospital after a motorcycle accident and as she undergoes a surgical operation in the next room, Dr. Timoteo remembers events of his past. Fifteen years before, then happily married to Elsa, Timoteo, a renowned surgeon, meets Italia, a young house cleaner, when he has a breakdown on a deserted highway. A few hours later, while intoxicated, he violently rapes the young woman and comes back home. The following day, Timoteo sees Italia again and apologizes in front of the young woman.
During a few months, Timoteo and Italia will live a passionate love story but Timoteo can't take the decision to leave his wife. At the same time, Italia and Elsa announce him that they are both pregnant. While Italia decides to abort in order to keep her lover, Timoteo doesn't know anymore what to do with his life. He decides to drive with Italia to her hometown but the young woman will suffer there an internal haemorrhage due to the unhealthy sanitary conditions during her abortion.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Don't Move |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- rape
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a fight for survival
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
Is this movie based on a
- book
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