Amanda (2022 film)

Film by Carolina Cavalli

Amanda

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Carolina Cavalli
Written by| Carolina Cavalli
Produced by|

* Moreno Zani
* Malcom Pagani
* Mario Gianani
* Lorenzo Gangarossa
* Antonio Celsi
* Annamaria Morelli

Starring|

* Benedetta Porcaroli
* Galatea Bellugi
* Michele Bravi
* Monica Nappo
* Margherita Maccapani Missoni
* Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Cinematography| Lorenzo Levrini
Edited by| Babak Jalali
Music by| Niccolò Contessa

Production
companies

* Elsinore Film
* Wildside
* Tenderstories
* Charades
* I Wonder Pictures

Distributed by| I Wonder Pictures

Release dates

* 5 September 2022 (2022-09-05) (Venice)
* 13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) (Italy)

Running time

| 94 minutes
Country| Italy
Language| Italian
Box office| $133,108[1]

Amanda is a 2022 Italian coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Carolina Cavalli.

The film premiered in the Horizons Extra section of the 79th Venice Film Festival,[2][3] and was later screened at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] It was released theatrically in Italy on 13 October 2022 by I Wonder Pictures.[5][6][7]

## Plot

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Italy, 2000s. Amanda is a moody young woman, misunderstood by her family, with whom she has always been in conflict. She could work in the pharmacies owned by her wealthy family, but she prefers to wander the city, going to cinemas and rave parties, in search of friends. One day, she becomes convinced she must rekindle her friendship with Rebecca, a childhood friend she hasn’t seen in many years, who rarely leaves her room and regularly sees a psychotherapist. Her relationship with Rebecca goes through ups and downs, as does her relationship with her family and a boy she pretends is her boyfriend. The film ends with the two friends walking together, seemingly having found some balance in their relationship.

## Cast

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* Benedetta Porcaroli as Amanda
* Galatea Bellugi as Rebecca
* Michele Bravi as Dude
* Monica Nappo [it] as Sofia
* Margherita Maccapani Missoni as Marina
* Ana Cecilia Ponce as Judy
* Amelia Elisabetta Biuso as Stella
* Giovanna Mezzogiorno as Viola

## Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 95% based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "A is for Amanda, an amusingly absurd coming-of-age comedy that offers poignant observations and positions director Carolina Cavalli has a talent to watch."[8] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100, based on 10 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[9]

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian described it as "a film of style and surface, and these are cleverly created and maintained."[10] Wendy Ide of Screen Daily called the film "a refreshingly unconventional and acidic deadpan comic portrait of an offbeat female friendship."[11] Beatrice Loayza of The New York Times selected the film as New York Times Critics' Pick, writing, "Amanda is absurd and abrasive, but also sympathetic thanks to Porcaroli's performance."[12]

## References

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1. ^ "Amanda (2023)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
2. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (5 September 2022). "Amanda review – comic crises in the life of an entitled twentysomething". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
3. ^ Barraclough, Leo (3 September 2022). "Carolina Cavalli's 'Amanda' Debuts First-Look Clip Ahead of Venice Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
4. ^ Saito, Stephen (16 September 2022). "TIFF 2022 Review: Carolina Cavalli's "Amanda" Brilliantly Stands Alone". The Moveable Fest. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
5. ^ Ugolini, Chiara (5 September 2022). "Benedetta Porcaroli e la solitudine: "Ai giovani dico uscite di casa"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
6. ^ Ferretti, Chiara (5 September 2022). "Amanda: recensione del film con Benedetta Porcaroli e Michele Bravi". Cinefilos.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
7. ^ Panattoni, Damiano (5 September 2022). "Amanda: Benedetta Porcaroli e quel (bel) film sul diritto all'irregolarità". The HotCorn (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
8. ^ "Amanda". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
9. ^ "Amanda". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
10. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (5 September 2022). "Amanda review – comic crises in the life of an entitled twentysomething". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
11. ^ Ide, Wendy (5 September 2022). "'Amanda': Venice Review". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
12. ^ Loayza, Beatrice (6 July 2023). "'Amanda' Review: My Loneliness Is Killing Me". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

## External links

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* Amanda at IMDb

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