Villa Amalia (film) (original) (raw)

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2009 film

Villa Amalia
Film poster
Directed by Benoît Jacquot
Written by Benoît JacquotJulien BoiventPascal Quignard
Based on _Villa Amalia_by Pascal Quignard
Produced by Edouard Weil
Starring Isabelle Huppert
Cinematography Caroline Champetier
Edited by Luc Barnier
Music by Bruno Coulais
Distributed by EuropaCorp. Distribution
Release date 8 April 2009 (2009-04-08)
Running time 94 minutes
Country France
Language French
Budget $4.1 million
Box office $4.8 million[1]

Villa Amalia is a 2009 French drama film adapted from the novel Villa Amalia by Pascal Quignard. It is directed by Benoît Jacquot and stars Isabelle Huppert.[2]

Ann (Isabelle Huppert) is a gifted and brilliant musician whose sense of security falls to pieces when she witnesses her husband kissing another woman. Without hesitation, she abandons him and takes a headlong rush into the arms of a new beginning, embarking on a transnational journey that ultimately takes her to an isolated villa on the secluded island of Ischia, Italy. Once settled, Ann insists on goading herself to fresh extremes, and takes it upon herself to swim out as far into the ocean as possible. Fainting under the scorching summer rays, her floating body is pulled out of the water by local woman Giulia (Maya Sansa), with whom Ann begins to explore a whole new facet of life.

  1. ^ JP. "Villa Amalia (2009)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. ^ Holden, Stephen (2009). "NY Times: Villa Amalia". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 April 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2010.