Giovanni is a psychiatrist with a successful practice in a small community near the ocean. He has a warm relationship with his wife Paola, and they have a pair of well-adjusted teenage kids, Andrea and Irene. While Giovanni has to leave for a patient in crisis, Andrea goes diving with friends…

Both as director and actor, Nanni Moretti has rarely engaged in such emotive territory as this riveting depiction of a family tragedy. A mainstay in Cannes, he received enormous acclaim (including the critics’ prize and Palme d’Or!) for this gentle, mature, exquisitely tender story of rebirth.