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The Staggering Girl

Francesca, an Italian-American writer who lives in New York and must return to Rome to retrieve her aging mother.

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Luca Guadagnino

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[Haunting piano music] - The Staggering Girl

[Haunting piano music]

[Footsteps approach] - The Staggering Girl

[Footsteps approach]

[Woman, muffled]
He pulls me down the velvet
steps. - The Staggering Girl

[Woman, muffled] He pulls me down the velvet steps.

When the opera returns, - The Staggering Girl

When the opera returns,

My husband is sitting in the
seat,
probably wondering where I went. - The Staggering Girl

My husband is sitting in the seat, probably wondering where ...

I put his hands on my dress, - The Staggering Girl

I put his hands on my dress,

I had never in all my life
felt so deeply alive. - The Staggering Girl

I had never in all my life felt so deeply alive.

[Music stops, traffic] - The Staggering Girl

[Music stops, traffic]

[Music continues,
murmured conversation] - The Staggering Girl

[Music continues, murmured conversation]

[In Italian] I was in a panic.
It was absolutely crazy. - The Staggering Girl

[In Italian] I was in a panic. It was absolutely crazy.

What shocked me most
was how fast they did it. - The Staggering Girl

What shocked me most was how fast they did it.

Patrizio was working, his sister
and her girlfriend came for
dinner. - The Staggering Girl

Patrizio was working, his sister and her girlfriend came for...

I got back, took the elevator
and opened the door - - The Staggering Girl

I got back, took the elevator and opened the door -

The couch, our paintings,
the table from Trieste. - The Staggering Girl

The couch, our paintings, the table from Trieste.

"Police, come quick!
We've been robbed!" - The Staggering Girl

"Police, come quick! We've been robbed!"

[Footsteps approach] - The Staggering Girl

[Footsteps approach]

- Would you introduce me?
- This our dear friend,
Francesca Moretti. - The Staggering Girl

- Would you introduce me? - This our dear friend, Francesca ...

I think I do have one... - The Staggering Girl

I think I do have one...

I think your father, - The Staggering Girl

I think your father,

[Faint, unsettling instrumental
music] - The Staggering Girl

[Faint, unsettling instrumental music]

[Laboured breathing] - The Staggering Girl

[Laboured breathing]

[She sighs] - The Staggering Girl

It was like I was dreaming - The Staggering Girl

It was like I was dreaming

I've come out of a chrysalis. - The Staggering Girl

I've come out of a chrysalis.

I so wish that I could see him
again. - The Staggering Girl

I so wish that I could see him again.

[Young Sofia] And he stared
at his own reflection, so much
so... - The Staggering Girl

[Young Sofia] And he stared at his own reflection, so much s...

So you act out, - The Staggering Girl

So you act out,

You dress our daughter in her
clothes?
You are sick. - The Staggering Girl

You dress our daughter in her clothes? You are sick.

[Door opens] - The Staggering Girl

- [Sofia chuckles]
- [In English] I have failed. - The Staggering Girl

- [Sofia chuckles] - [In English] I have failed.

Because I never taught you
to be a good liar. - The Staggering Girl

Because I never taught you to be a good liar.

And I tell you right now,
you won't succeed. - The Staggering Girl

And I tell you right now, you won't succeed.

It's not safe for you to be here
alone. - The Staggering Girl

It's not safe for you to be here alone.

[Lively conversation] - The Staggering Girl

[Lively conversation]

[Francesca scoffs] - The Staggering Girl

[Francesca scoffs]

You must grab their attention,
otherwise, the failure is on
you. - The Staggering Girl

You must grab their attention, otherwise, the failure is on ...

Vera, she came over every day.
Mom... - The Staggering Girl

Vera, she came over every day. Mom...

Don't tell me my mind's going
because I don't remember Vera. - The Staggering Girl

Don't tell me my mind's going because I don't...

I never remember your friends'
names
in the first place. - The Staggering Girl

I never remember your friends' names in the first place...

They were always changing.
One day it was this one, - The Staggering Girl

They were always changing. One day it was this one,

- [She sighs]
- Tony. - The Staggering Girl

- [She sighs] - Tony.

[They chuckle] - The Staggering Girl

- Mother!
- [Francesca laughs] - The Staggering Girl

- Mother! - [Francesca laughs]

Um...say...you're reading, - The Staggering Girl

Um...say...you're reading,

[They laugh] - The Staggering Girl

Completely dim,
she asked me to describe the
bird. - The Staggering Girl

Completely dim, she asked me to describe the bird.

The colour of the feathers, - The Staggering Girl

The colour of the feathers,

I'm afraid I wasn't much help.
I didn't know what to tell her. - The Staggering Girl

I'm afraid I wasn't much help. I didn't know ...

And then, to see her struggle, - The Staggering Girl

And then, to see her struggle,

I suppose this is the journey
we're all on
from the literal to the
abstract. - The Staggering Girl

I suppose this is the journey we're all on from the lit...

And I'm told that the paintings
that don't look anything like
the swan - The Staggering Girl

And I'm told that the paintings that don't look an...

Why should we worry
if she doesn't know what she's
creating? - The Staggering Girl

Why should we worry if she doesn't know what she's...

Now it's randomness
and no-one seems to mind. - The Staggering Girl

Now it's randomness and no-one seems to mind.

- And to the ballet.
- But this is my home. - The Staggering Girl

- And to the ballet. - But this is my home.

[In German] Don't you
understand?
This is my home. - The Staggering Girl

[In German] Don't you understand? This is my home.

Dresses the way you used to. - The Staggering Girl

Dresses the way you used to.

And she met a man at the opera - The Staggering Girl

And she met a man at the opera

He awakened something in her. - The Staggering Girl

He awakened something in her.

Rushed to a secret area of the
theatre. - The Staggering Girl

Rushed to a secret area of the theatre.

The feeling...my body came... - The Staggering Girl

The feeling...my body came...

To life.
Happiness growing from... - The Staggering Girl

To life. Happiness growing from...

But when I tried to feel regret, - The Staggering Girl

But when I tried to feel regret,

Passing by, they announce
themselves,
"Here I am, - The Staggering Girl

Passing by, they announce themselves, "Here I am,

But once we've felt it, - The Staggering Girl

But once we've felt it,

Mommy, there's so much in life
that I can't express. - The Staggering Girl

Mommy, there's so much in life that I can't expres...

[Music stops] - The Staggering Girl

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Francesca, an Italian-American writer who lives in New York and must return to Rome to retrieve her aging mother.

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Director: Luca Guadagnino

Writer: Michael Mitnick

Production: N/A

Genre: short, drama

Year: 2019

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ImdbRating: 5.4

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Released: 15 Feb 2020

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