Days and Clouds

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Days and Clouds

2008,

1h 59m,

Drama

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82%

33 Reviews

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62%

500+ Ratings

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82%

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33 Reviews

62%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

Elsa (Margherita Buy) and Michele (Antonio Albanese) live a life of upper-middle-class luxury; she studies art restoration in her spare time, and he is a founding partner in a successful shipping firm. Their daughter, Alice (Alba Rohrwacher), is showered with gifts. But when Michele is forced out of the company, the couple's faith and commitment to each other is put to the test. Elsa looks for work to support the family, while Michele grows depressed over the family's dwindling prospects.

Critics Consensus

An elegantly acted art house film about a middle class couple's struggle to hold their lives together, Days and Cloud is both sensitive and engrossing.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Nov 26, 2008

3/4

A great deal of the reason for that belongs solely to Buy. This is, without a doubt, one of the finest performances by an actress I've seen this year, nearly up to the same remarkable plateau as Kristin Scott Thomas' work in I've Loved You So Long.

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

Nov 21, 2008

3/4

Days and Clouds, despite its darkness, warmly reminds us that if we have each other, sometimes that's all we need.

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John Anderson

Washington Post

Oct 17, 2008

Days and Clouds serves as a primer in coping with depression, financial and/or personal. But it is stirring, serious and, ultimately, mercifully optimistic cinema.

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Martin Tsai

New York Sun

Apr 21, 2023

Mr. Soldini, who made the 2001 sleeper hit “Bread and Tulips,” has thoughtfully fashioned a human interest story out of current events by creating wholly believable characters and scenarios.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

May 30, 2011

B

It's not a film for those who go to movies to escape life.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Mar 5, 2011

2/4

Well intentioned yet utterly dull...

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Silvio Soldini

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Margherita Buy

Elsa

Antonio Albanese

Michele

Giuseppe Battiston

Vito

Alba Rohrwacher

Alice

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Synopsis

Elsa (Margherita Buy) and Michele (Antonio Albanese) live a life of upper-middle-class luxury; she studies art restoration in her spare time, and he is a founding partner in a successful shipping firm. Their daughter, Alice (Alba Rohrwacher), is showered with gifts. But when Michele is forced out of the company, the couple's faith and commitment to each other is put to the test. Elsa looks for work to support the family, while Michele grows depressed over the family's dwindling prospects.

Director: Silvio Soldini
Producer: Lionello Cerri
Screenwriter: Doriana Leondeff, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli, Silvio Soldini
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Lumière & Company, RTSI, Amka Films Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 11, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 16, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $109.3K
Runtime: 1h 59m

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