
Tenderness
Back from the hospital where he has been treated after a heart attack, Lorenzo is on his way upstairs to his top-floor apartment in Naples when he meets Michela. The charming young woman, who has just moved to the facing apartment, has forgotten her keys and finds herself locked out. Cynical and grumpy, the retired lawyer who has been living estranged from the rest of the world, should normally leave her to her fate but he mellows under her spontaneous charm. He helps her, becomes friends not only with her but with her husband Fabio and their two children. For once, the self-declared misanthropist seems to be experiencing the long forgotten feeling of empathy.
Top Billed Cast

Renato Carpentieri
Lorenzo

Elio Germano
Fabio

Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Elena

Micaela Ramazzotti
Michela

Greta Scacchi
Aurora
Featured Crew

Gianni Amelio
Director
Lorenzo Marone
Novel

Gianni Amelio
Screenplay
Alberto Taraglio
Screenplay
Maria Grazia Saccá
Producer

Luca Bigazzi
Director of Photography

Agostino Saccà
Producer

Giuseppe Saccà
Producer

Franco Piersanti
Original Music Composer

Simona Paggi
Editor
Marita D'Elia
Casting

Giancarlo Basili
Art Direction