The Days of Abandonment
Roberto Faenza, 2005
The Days of Abandonment
Elena Ferrante, 2002
The Days of Abandonment is a movie directed by Roberto Faenza in 2005 and based on the book of the same name by Elena Ferrante, first published in 2002. The movie features Margherita Buy, Luca Zingaretti, Goran Bregovic, Alessia Goria, Gea Lionello, Gaia Bermani Amaral, and others.
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Storyline
Olga, literary translator, wife and mother of two is suddenly abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. With this she enters into a painful lapse that turns into despair that brings her to sleep and food deprivation. She encounters a neighbour musician that moves something in her. After a descent into hell and eventual rise from despair, Olga lives an insight that makes her realize that she was not losing her mind for the lost love.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2005
Minutes
96
Movie Rate
6.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Days of Abandonment
Original title: I giorni dell'abbandono
Director: Roberto Faenza
Country: Italy
Year: 2005
Length: 1h36m
Year
2002
Pages
188
Book Rate
7.72
S: Goodreads
Book
The Days of Abandonment
Original title: I giorni dell'abbandono
Author: Elena Ferrante
Country: Italy
First published in: 2002
Length: 188 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“The purest experience for the movie is not to have read the book because when you've read the book you're just ticking off boxes.”
ZACK SNYDER (Filmmaker)
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