Italian Studies is a 2021 American drama film, written and directed by Adam Leon. It stars Vanessa Kirby, David Ajala, Simon Brickner, Annika Wahlsten, Annabel Hoffman, and Maya Hawke.
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Directed by | Adam Leon |
Written by | Adam Leon |
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Cinematography | Brett Jutkiewicz |
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Music by | Nicholas Britell |
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Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
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Running time | 81 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $5,895[2][3] |
It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 12, 2021. It was released on January 14, 2022, by Magnolia Pictures in theaters and VOD.
A writer loses her memory in New York City, attempting to find her way home, she connects with a group of strangers in conversations, real and imagined.
In March 2019, it was announced Vanessa Kirby had joined the cast of the film, with Adam Leon directing from a screenplay he wrote.[4]
It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 12, 2021.[5] In October 2021, Magnolia Pictures acquired the distribution rights to the film. The film was released in theaters on January 14, 2022.[6]
In the U.S. and Canada, the film earned $3,401 from seven theaters in its opening weekend and $579 in its second.[7][8]
Italian Studies holds a 43% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 23 reviews, with a weighted average of 5.60/10.[9]
In a positive review, Rolling Stone called the film, "Unforgettable from the jump," features a "raw, guileless, egoless performance" from Vanessa Kirby, and that it "may be the most immersive memory loss movie of all time."[10] The Los Angeles Times wrote, "Italian Studies is a unique curio of a film, a free sketch of time and place melting into a singular subjective experience that asks, “Does memory matter?”[11] In a mixed review, Variety wrote that "Adam Leon’s minor-key, jaggedly structured indie isn’t concerned with the specific whens, hows and whys of Alina’s out-of-nowhere amnesia, but with the hazy in-the-moment sensation of being struck with it, the sensation of stumbling for the lightswitch in your own mind. That’s a nebulous-sounding dramatic proposition, though as performed by a nervy, live-wire Vanessa Kirby, it becomes a tensely compelling one."[12]
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