Il Tempo dell'amore (1999)
Directed by Giacomo Campiotti

Drama / Romance
aka: A Time to Love

Film Synopsis

In colonial Africa towards the end of the 19th century, Martha, a young English woman, sets out to join her brother for the spring.  During the journey, she meets Peter, a soldier who saves her life and with whom she falls madly in love.  One autumn, Claire and Gabriel, two musicians, meet and fall in love.  She is French, he is Russian.  They enjoy a passionate romance in Paris during the Second World War, but they are soon driven apart by jealousy.  One summer, in present day Italy, Naty, a 14-year-old girl, is in love with Guiseppe.  He is in a coma in hospital.  Every day, she comes to visit him.  She tells him stories and sings songs.  One day, Guiseppe awakes...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Giacomo Campiotti
  • Script: Aleksandr Adabashyan, Giacomo Campiotti
  • Cinematographer: Blasco Giurato
  • Music: Giuseppe D'Onghia
  • Cast: Ciarán Hinds (Peter), Juliet Aubrey (Martha), Natacha Régnier (Claire), Natalia Piatti (Naty), Ignazio Oliva (Gabriel), Sabine Bail (Miss Gillei), Caroline Carver (Anne), Harrine Cederholm (Anne), Tam Williams (Thomas), Giuseppe Faraso (Giuseppe), Lino Capolicchio (Doctor), Rossana Fracassini (Nurse Lucia), Sandrine Dumas (Naty's mother), Nan Friedman (Nurse Lucia), Rosario Dúrcal (Naty's mother), Alexander Brooks (Soldier), Michael Moreland (Dougie)
  • Country: Italy / France
  • Language: Italian / English / French / Russian
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 108 min
  • Aka: A Time to Love

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