Directed by Emanuele Crialese and co-written with Francesca Manieri and Vittorio Moroni, L'immensità takes us back to the Rome of the 1970s. There we
find the unhappily married Clara (Penélope Cruz) and Felice (Vincenzo Amato), whose 12-year-old daughter (Luana Giuliani) Adriana begins identifying as a male.
L'immensità is in UK cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema from
August 11th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Penélope Cruz stars in this gorgeous, involving melodrama which makes imaginative use of director Emanuele Crialese’s own biography. Set in 1970’s Rome, a young teenager (Luana Giuliani) is beginning to question her identity, preferring to go by the male name Andrea, and harbouring a suspicion that she hails from another galaxy. Her mother Clara (Cruz) is a vivacious presence but begins to crumble under the strain of protecting her children from their abusive father. Making use of luminous fantasy sequences, Crialese tells a story of childhood trauma and shifting identity with nuance and psychological honesty.
