Filippo Nigro, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Ivan Bacchi

Giovanna is a bookeeper in a company which packs chickens. She is married to a man who has a precarious job. First she starts being curious about a young man who lives in the block opposite hers, and ...( read more  read more... )then she falls in love with him. The relationship between the two becomes much stronger when she starts to find out more about him from an old man who bursts into their lives. The old man, obsessed with the memories of some things that happened n the long past autumn of 1943, has lost his memory and finds refuge in Giovanna.

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R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Ferzan Ozpetek

Release Date: April 10, 2004

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DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004

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  • June 10, 2008
    An interesting film from Italy. Worth seeing.
  • July 3, 2009
    Gets off to a worthy start, but falls apart about halfway through.
    Best Film and Best Music, 2003 David di Donatello Awards,Best Actor (Girotti), Best Actress (Mezzogiorno).
  • March 12, 2009
    ortalama siradanlikta bir film, bana da hic bisi ifade etmedi. ilerde bir sekilde evlenip coluk cocuk sahibi oldugumda izleseydim 3 yildiz verirdim belki.
  • March 10, 2009
    A murder mystery? Or just a mystery? A love story? Or two? Maybe even three? Fidelity? Infidelity? Loyalty? Betrayal? A ghost story? Or a haunting reminder? A fresh perspective on life and relationships? Or a look at how we perceive one another, understand the events which take p...( read more)lace around us?

    "Facing Windows" is a deliberately enigmatic film, beautifully performed, delivered as a tenderly intimate enquiry into life, love and family. A married couple, past the first blush of love and lust and now consumed with the stress of routines they can no longer endure, discover an old man wandering the streets of Rome. He has lost his memory, and perhaps his mind. Though they try to lose him, he becomes embroiled in their lives.

    Across the way lives a handsome, young, successful man. The wife has noticed him and he becomes the trigger for her fantasies, a source of what might yet be in her life ? escape from the mundane into which she has drifted. If the old man has forgotten his past, she would like to consign hers to history and create a new future. But they are all trapped in the present, watching from a distance as their lives drift by.

    This is an intriguing, engrossing film. Slow paced, it weaves its mysteries into an engaging plot which keeps you guessing, keeps you watching. The theme of looking out a window has been used in other films, but here we have a novel, creative approach which is both charming and compulsive.

    Ultimately it's an inspiring piece of work, a statement that you should demand to live in a better world, should not settle for tedium and dreams. It's a film about passion and love which will capture your affections. Excellent, well worth watching ? but not if you're on a diet!
  • January 18, 2009
    interesting enough, but couldn't really hold my attention.
  • September 25, 2008
    What a brilliant movie, Touching & mind-blowing, Simply superb with great perfs & a beautiful music score, Interesting portrayal of realistic characters, A movie that manages to be emotional without falling into trite sentimentalism, A movie I won't forget easily
  • August 31, 2008
    Best Ozpetek movie I've ever seen
  • July 13, 2008
    Great movie. Watch It :D
  • January 13, 2008
    the most fantastic movie i have seen

    its beautiful

Critic Reviews


July 23, 2004
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Thanks to fine performances and a grounded script, the pieces of this intriguing little puzzle all manage to fit. full review

June 25, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

A movie to treasure. full review

June 25, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Beautiful to look at and acted with full and tempestuous conviction, it still seems to be taking place in an apartment far across the way. full review

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