Amanda

Born into an upper-class family with a doting mother who pays the bill for her indolent lifestyle, 24-year-old Amanda (Benedetta Porcaroli) spends time avoiding work and haunting the local cinematheque in Turin, where she looks for boyfriends but only finds “weird” misfits who mirror her own social situation of being alone every Saturday night. She is stubborn, abrupt to the point of rudeness but also witty and fascinating, qualities that only her family and their housekeeper get to see. When Amanda discovers that Rebecca, to whom she was close as a toddler, is back in town, she embarks on a mission to convince her that they are still best friends. New from Venice and Toronto premieres, debut director Carolina Cavalli delivers a comical, stylized character portrait with a strong central turn from Benedetta Porcaroli.

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In Italian with English subtitles.