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Italian Studies (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Italian Studies' is a 2021 American drama film, written and directed by Adam Leon. It stars Vanessa Kirby, Simon Brickner, Annika Wahlsten, Annabel Hoffman, and Maya Hawke.
It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 12, 2021. It was released on January 14, 2022, by Magnolia Pictures in theaters and VOD.
Plot
A writer loses her memory in New York City, attempting to find her way home, she connects with a group of strangers in conversations, real and imagined.
Cast
* Vanessa Kirby as Alina Reynolds
* Simon Brickner as Simon
* Annika Wahlsten as Annika
* Annabel Hoffman as Annabel
* Maya Hawke as Erin
* Fred Hechinger as Matt
Production
In March 2019, it was announced Vanessa Kirby had joined the cast of the film, with Adam Leon directing from a screenplay he wrote.
Release
It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 12, 2021. In October 2021, Magnolia Pictures acquired the distribution rights to the film. The film was released in theaters on January 14, 2022.
Reception
Box office
In the U.S. and Canada, the film earned $3,401 from seven theaters in its opening weekend and $579 in its second.Critical response
'Italian Studies' holds a 43% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 23 reviews, with a weighted average of 5.60/10.In a positive review, 'Rolling Stone' called the film, "Unforgettable from the jump," features a "raw, guileless, egoless performance" from Vanessa Kirby, and that it "may be the most immersive memory loss movie of all time." The 'Los Angeles Times' wrote, "'Italian Studies' is a unique curio of a film, a free sketch of time and place melting into a singular subjective experience that asks, Does memory matter? In a mixed review, 'Variety' wrote that "Adam Leons minor-key, jaggedly structured indie isnt concerned with the specific whens, hows and whys of Alinas out-of-nowhere amnesia, but with the hazy in-the-moment sensation of being struck with it, the sensation of stumbling for the lightswitch in your own mind. Thats a nebulous-sounding dramatic proposition, though as performed by a nervy, live-wire Vanessa Kirby, it becomes a tensely compelling one."
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