Quiet Chaos

Released Jun 26, 2009

1h 45m

Drama

Romance

List

78%

37 Reviews

Tomatometer

66%

2,500+ Ratings

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Aging entertainment industry executive Pietro Paladini (Nanni Moretti) returns from a trip to the beach with his brother, Carlo (Alessandro Gassman), to find his wife dead. Stunned when his young daughter, Claudia (Blu Di Martino), implies that, had he been at home, her mother would have survived, Paladini renews his dedication to raising his daughter. But, when he begins neglecting his job in favor of daily residence on a park bench outside of Claudia's school, trouble follows.

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Critics Consensus

An understated and thoughtful insight into grief and despair, with a stellar turn from Nanni Moretti.

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nefasto r

È bello quando il titolo del film, coincide con la review. Grazie Nanni.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

A Heartfelt Slice of Life Film...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Excellent cast and acting, but parts of the story seemed contrived and not always making sense.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

Interesting premise, draggy production.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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O enredo mostra uma outra forma de passar pelo luto. Filme suave e simples, quase delicado.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Daniel C

When a rich businessman's wife suddenly dies in an accident, his despair is so deep he is unable to maintain any aspect of his life except for the deep, loving support of his daughter. Every day, instead of going to the office, he takes the little girl to school, then spends the day sitting in the park across the street, waiting for her day to end so he can take her to gymnastics class, then home. He wishes she would come to her classroom window and look down at him. Executives from his office come to the park to talk, to conspire about a merger, one comes to offer him the CEO job. He has no interest. He is in the world of the park and his daughter and the people who pass through the park every day. And just this, no plot, no action, this is enough to make a great movie. Only Europeans have the sophistication to see the power in the smallest detail and translate it to film. In the US we are cheated from seeing pictures like this of our own by a film making system that thinks only 18 year old boys buy tickets. Because in the US we forgot long ago that film is an art, not a get rich quick scheme. These European stars can really act. They don't make Jennifer Aniston movies. Can somebody get rid of her, by the way? Put her under house arrest with no cameras?

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/12

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Antonio Luigi Grimaldi

Director

Nanni Moretti

Pietro Paladini

Valeria Golino

Marta

Alessandro Gassmann

Carlo

Isabella Ferrari

Eleonora Simoncini

Silvio Orlando

Samuele

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Joshua Rothkopf

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Rated: 3/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

[Nanni] Moretti makes this 'study' in despair a naggingly neutral, at times borderline coy experience.

Rated: C

Jul 22, 2009

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Andrew Schenker

Slant Magazine

Grief has rarely felt quite so empty as it does in Quiet Chaos.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 29, 2009

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Perceptive and moving.

Nov 20, 2020

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Martin Tsai

Critic's Notebook

There are moments of truth in "Quiet Chaos," such as when Pietro resorts to recreational drugs and rough sex, but those moments are far too few and much too far between.

Oct 7, 2015

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Kent Turner

Film-Forward.com

Quiet Chaos jerkily shifts tones, from oddly comic ... to blunt. And by blunt I mean an indiscreet, in-your-face sex scene that turns the viewer from observer to pervy voyeur.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jun 26, 2009

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Synopsis

Aging entertainment industry executive Pietro Paladini (Nanni Moretti) returns from a trip to the beach with his brother, Carlo (Alessandro Gassman), to find his wife dead. Stunned when his young daughter, Claudia (Blu Di Martino), implies that, had he been at home, her mother would have survived, Paladini renews his dedication to raising his daughter. But, when he begins neglecting his job in favor of daily residence on a park bench outside of Claudia's school, trouble follows.

Director: Antonio Luigi Grimaldi
Screenwriter: Nanni Moretti, Laura Paolucci, Francesco Piccolo
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Fandango, RAI Cinema
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 26, 2009, Limited
Release Date (DVD): Jan 26, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.1K
Runtime: 1h 45m

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