The Time It Takes

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The Time It Takes
Il Tempo Che Ci Vuole.jpg
Italian theatrical release poster
Italian Il tempo che ci vuole
Directed by Francesca Comencini
Written byFrancesca Comencini
Produced by
Starring
Production
companies
  • Kavac
  • IBC Movie
  • OneArt
  • Les films du Worso
  • Rai Cinema
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)(Venice)
  • 26 September 2024 (2024-09-26)(Italy)
Running time
110 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
LanguageItalian

The Time It Takes (Italian : Il tempo che ci vuole) is a 2024 Italian-French drama film directed by Francesca Comencini. It stars Romana Maggiora Vergano and Fabrizio Gifuni. It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 6 September 2024 and received a theatrical release in Italy on 26 September 2024.

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Premise

During the Years of Lead, a father and daughter share a passion for cinema. The film draws from director Francesca Comencini's relationship with her late father, the famous Italian director Luigi Comencini. [1] [2] The film is set during Comencini's shooting of the 1972 miniseries The Adventures of Pinocchio . [3] [4]

Cast

Production

The film was announced in 2021 under the working title First Life, Then Cinema. [5] Filming began in Rome in late August 2023. [6] [7]

Release

Charades acquired the international distribution rights to the film on 3 September 2024. [8] The trailer was released two days later, on 5 September. [9]

The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 6 September 2024. [10] It received a theatrical release in Italy on 26 September 2024. [11] It was also featured in the Limelight section of the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam to be screened in February 2025. [12]

Reception

Paola Casella of Mymovies.it gave the film four out of five stars and wrote, "With the courage of a lioness, Francesca Comencini recounts her relationship with her father, Luigi, in a free film that makes her personal story universal". [13]

Damiano Panattoni of Movieplayer.it gave the film three-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote, "Intimate and very sweet, Francesca Comencini's tribute has the ability to speak to the public thanks to the universality of a private story in which one can find oneself, between gestures, words, silences, hugs. It may suffer from a certain rhetorical redundancy, but the emotion and ardor are such as to make Il tempo che ci vuole a congruent and emotional work, in its sincere, personal and loving gratitude." [14]

Federico Pontiggia of Cinematografo.it gave the film two-and-a-half out of five stars, calling it "a touching and perfectible pas de deux", but criticizing its narrative structure. [15]

Giulio Zoppello of Today rated the film 6.5 out of 10 and wrote "Il tempo che ci vuole is a coherent film but perhaps something is missing, above all the ability from the middle onwards to develop a story that is more than just images, it is as if there were a missing part, a segment that has not been offered to us. However, in its ability to be incredibly intimate, in the disenchantment with which Francesca Comencini speaks of herself, of that difficult past, net of a slightly cloying ending, there is a lot of vitality". [16]

Anna Maria Pasetti of Il Fatto Quotidiano called the film "[Comencini's] most personal, emotional and thrilling film, and perhaps also her most beautiful." [17]

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References

  1. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (3 September 2024). "Francesca Comencini's 'The Time It Takes,' Premiering at Venice, Boarded by Charades". Variety . Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  2. ↑ Fumarola, Silvia (17 June 2023). "Francesca Comencini: "Un film su mio padre per resistere al vento che soffia contro i diritti"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ↑ De Marco, Camillo (6 September 2024). "Review: The Time It Takes". Cineuropa . Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Marshall, Lee (6 September 2024). "'The Time It Takes': Venice Review". Screen International . Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Vivarelli, Nick (7 July 2021). "Director Francesca Comencini to Make Personal Film About Her Father, Italian Master Luigi Comencini (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  6. ↑ Baldi, Viola (28 August 2023). "Prima la vita: al via le riprese del film di Francesca Comencini". The Hollywood Reporter Roma (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Catelli, Daniela (28 August 2023). "Prima la vita: riprese iniziate per il film di Francesca Comencini sul padre Luigi con Fabrizio Gifuni". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  8. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (3 September 2024). "Francesca Comencini's 'The Time It Takes,' Premiering at Venice, Boarded by Charades". Variety . Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  9. ↑ Manca, Mario (5 September 2024). "Il tempo che ci vuole: il trailer del delicato film di Francesca Comencini dedicato a suo padre Luigi in anteprima". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  10. ↑ Aricò, Giacomo (2 August 2024). "Festival di Venezia 2024, il programma definitivo: film, date e star più attese dell'81esima edizione". Vogue Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  11. ↑ Manca, Mario (22 August 2024). "I film (e le serie) più attesi del Festival di Venezia 2024". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Limelight: The Time It Takes". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  13. ↑ Casella, Paola (6 September 2024). "Il tempo che ci vuole". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  14. ↑ Panattoni, Damiano (6 September 2024). "Il tempo che ci vuole, la recensione: il fallimento come salvezza nell'emotivo film di Francesca Comencini". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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  16. ↑ Zoppello, Giulio (6 September 2024). ""Il tempo che ci vuole" è la commovente confessione di Francesca Comencini". Today (in Italian). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  17. ↑ Pasetti, Anna Maria (6 September 2024). "Il tempo che ci vuole, Francesca Comencini firma un emozionato ed emozionante omaggio al padre Luigi e rievoca la tossicodipendenza giovanile". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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