The Circumstance

The Circumstance (Italian: La Circonstanza) is a 1973 film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi. The film received a special mention at the 1974 San Sebastián International Film Festival.[1]

Plot

Laura, a lawyer who comes from an upper-class Milanese family, leads an altogether placid life. After witnessing an almost-fatal motorcycle accident near her family's country home, she becomes obsessed with the young victim, leading to a series of flashbacks and introspective instants that probe the bourgeois life she leads.

Reception

The film has been praised by critic Derek Elley as a "romantic highpoint in [Ermanno] Olmi’s oeuvre” and “his most accomplished piece of work.”[2]

Cast

Ada Savelli - Laura

Gaetano Porro - Laura's husband

Massimo Tabak - Beppe, Laura's eldest son

Raffaella Bianichi - Silvia

Mario Sireci - Tommaso

References
  1. "San Sebastian Film Festival". sansebastianfestival. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  2. "THE CIRCUMSTANCE | Cinematheque". www.cia.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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