September: plot, cast and previews of the film on Rai 3

TO halfway between drama and comedy, this evening it will be broadcast on first TV at 9.20pm on Rai 3 September. Directorial debut of Giulia Louise Steigerwaltawarded with a David di Donatello, which crosses three intense stories of love and friendship.

Septemberthe plot of the movie

Upon returning from summer holidays, the teenager Mary (Margherita Rebeggiani) is finally noticed by the boy she likes and, through their mutual friend Sergio (Luca Nozzoli), he asks her if she wants to sleep with him. The proposal is not the most romantic, yet the girl immediately accepts, only to then panic. Sergio offers to help her, and together they spend an entire afternoon, discovering themselves accomplices for the first time. And maybe something more.

Meanwhile Francesca (Barbara Ronchi), Sergio’s mother, thanks to the result of a delicate medical examination, radically changes her perspective on her life. Getting closer and closer to his friend Debora (Thony)with whom a new and more authentic relationship is being born, which she had never allowed herself in the past. He confesses it one evening to his doctor, Guglielmo (Fabrizio Bentivoglio)met by chance in a bar, who since his wife left him has been living stuck in a bubble of apathy.

The only real contact seems to be with Ana (Tesa Litvan), a young prostitute who attends regularly, pragmatic and direct, who despite the difficulties of life has retained the desire to dream. The news of a flirtation between her and a boy from the neighborhood, combined with Francesca’s stories, is given to Guglielmo a new point of view on things and they wake him up from his torpor. And, for the first time, he will discover himself alive and able to give another direction to his life.

A touching and well written dramedy

Directed by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt – former actress and screenwriter of films such as Marilyn has black eyes –, September And a good ensemble film that tells the story of six characters, belonging to different generations. The common denominator is the search for love, for normality, for something new that it begins, just as it happens in the autumn month. Written with depth and tact, September it alternates comedy and drama with freshness without ever falling into the pathetic. Telling, even with irony, the little dramas of life and the daily difficulties of communicating with others.

While giving the right attention to each of the stories, without “sacrificing” any character, the director does not have particular formal touches. Too busy building a smooth choral structure, Giulia Steigerwalt sometimes he makes somewhat simplistic choices.

Apart from a few winks at certain TV fiction canons, the film is an encouraging first work whose strong point is its cast. It is no coincidence that one of the female protagonists, Barbara Ronchi won the David di Donatello for Best Leading Actress. But the acting performances of the very young Margherita Rebeggiani and the actress are also excellent always measured and sensitive Fabrizio Bentivoglio.

Barbara Ronchi, a beautiful discovery

Born in Rome in 1982, the actress has been in recent years one of the brightest revelations in the panorama of Italian cinema. After graduating in archeology at the Sapienza University of Rome, Barbara enrolled in an acting academy where she graduated in 2009. The first years of her career were all dedicated to theatre, then in 2013 she was chosen by Valeria Golino for her directorial debut with the film Honey.

The decisive meeting for his career came a few years later and bears the name of Marco Bellocchiogreat master of Italian cinema who wrote for an important role in his Make beautiful dreams, based on the novel by Massimo Gramellini. Winner of the Alida Valli award for best supporting actress at Cannes, Barbara he sees the doors of success opening before him. Toggle important films, Return by Cristina Comencini, and leading fiction as Imma Tataranni – Deputy Prosecutor.

Linked to the actor for many years Alessandro Tedeschiwith whom she had her son Giovanni, the actress returned this year again the protagonist of a Bellocchio film: Kidnapped. Thanks to which she, in the role of the mother of the little protagonist, won a Silver Ribbon. AND from December 14th we will see her again at the cinema together with Maria Chiara Giannetta in the film My goodness with protagonists Ficarra and Picone.

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