Dormant beauty [dvd] = Bella addormentata / Cattleya e Rai Cinema present ; in collaboration with Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission ; a Marco Bellocchio film ; screenplay, Marco Bellocchio, Veronica Raimo, Stefano Rulli ; produced by Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz ; directed by Marco Bellocchio.
Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino, Maya Sansa, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio. Originally released as a motion picture in 2012. Includes stills gallery.
Summary:
A senator, forced to vote for a law with which he profoundly disagrees, is torn between his conscience and his loyalty towards the leaders of his party. His daughter, a right-to- life activist, falls in love with an advocate for assisted suicide. A famous actress turns towards faith and miracle cures in the hope of bringing her daughter out of an irreversible coma. And the beautiful Rossa is saved by the young doctor Pallido and reawakens to life.
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