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The Circumstance
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Wikipedia article
'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 Sebastin International Film Festival.
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] Olmis 'oeuvre' and his most accomplished piece of work.
Cast
Ada Savelli - Laura
Gaetano Porro - Laura's husband
Massimo Tabak - Beppe, Laura's eldest son
Raffaella Bianichi - Silvia
Mario Sireci - Tommaso
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