Edoardo Ponti — Director (5)

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Coming & Going (2011)
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Coming & Going is an irreverent romantic comedy that poses the question: How far would you go to capture the heart of the one you love? Lee (Rhys Darby) is a young, skilled OBGYN who lacks confidence when it comes to talking to women outside his successful medical practice. A minor injury temporarily lands him in a wheelchair and it is at that precise time that he meets his dream girl Alex (Sasha Alexander). Convinced she's only paid attention to him because he's in that chair, he stays in it to win her affections well after his injury has healed. Coming & Going is about love and the extreme things people do for it.

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The Human Voice (2014)
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other title: 人之声 / La voce umana
'Human Voice' is based on Jean Cocteau's iconic one woman play of the same name. Set against the backdrop of Naples, Italy, in 1950, this romantic drama tells the story of Angela, (played by Sophia Loren), a woman in the twilight of her years who rides the emotional roller coaster of her last telephone conversation with the man she loves as he is leaving her for another woman.

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The Nightshift Belongs to the Stars (2012)
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爱德华多·庞蒂 actor: 朱利安·山德斯 / 娜塔莎·金斯基 …
other title: 夜班属于星星 / Il turno di notte lo fanno le stelle
It's a story about a man and a woman. He is alone. She is married. Both mountaineers, both survivors of cardiac operation. He has in his chest the heart of a young woman, she has a mitral valve. A fate and a promise unites them . A short story where the rhythm of the heartbeat accelerates, to find at the end, a steady pace.

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陌生人之间 (2002)
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other title: Between Strangers / 陌路天使
有些事只能和陌生人分享。 和人分享时的那一刻,距离也拉近了。 片中交错描写三位生活在多伦多的女性,各自被禁锢在过去的一段回忆里,无法跳脱。也因此,无法面对未来。如何走出过去,成为她们现在生活里的一大课题。 导演:Edoardo Ponti(艾多拉多庞提),也是苏菲亚罗兰的儿子。 Sophia Loren(苏菲亚罗兰)﹣因年少的未婚怀孕,被迫和一出生的小女儿分离,失去音讯。也因此,让她长年郁郁寡欢,选择嫁给一个坐轮椅的丈夫。这样的人生是对自己的放弃,抑或是为弥补心中的罪恶感?但她长年的绘画艺术家之梦却意外地由女儿替她完成。 Deborah Unger(黛博拉恩杰)﹣一位成功的大提琴演奏家。父亲因对母亲施以暴力致使身亡而入狱,在二十二年后被假释出狱。为了报仇而打算杀死父亲。留下幼小的女儿和丈夫。一人在外流连。 Mira Sorvino(米拉索维诺)﹣刚成名的摄影师,因在安哥拉的一场枪杀火灾里,拍到一位小女孩哀凄的样子而登上知名杂志的封面。但她却对于在生死的一瞬间,没能救小女孩一命,反而按下快门一事感到自责。 每个人的背后,或许都有着一段不为人知的故事和阴影。不同年代和背景的三位女性的故事,不算很特别,相信你我身边也有着相似的故事上演着。看了之后,或许也会勾起一些尚未成为过往的心结。那些尚未得到消解的过往或许应该找个机会好好地去面对。 片中偶尔现身的小女孩的纯真笑容,似乎分别代表了三位女性的小时梦想、思念母亲的女儿和火场中丧生的小女孩。也意味着人需要回归单纯,忠于内心感觉的意象吧。