BELGIUM · 1991

Especially on Sunday

Giuseppe Tornatore
rural life human connection loneliness family relationships romance
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Four lighthearted stories set in the idyllic Italian countryside: an old grouch is befriended by a stray dog; a lonely widow spies on her newly-wed son and daughter-in-law; a German tourist tries to seduce a younger nurse. The fourth segment was cut in the US by its distributor Miramax.

Year1991
CountryBelgium
DirectorGiuseppe Tornatore
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