Amanda

In 'Amanda,' a surly loner drums up her own drama - but she's not insufferable

What makes Amanda (Benedetta Porcaroli), an aimless and emotionally stunted 24-year-old Italian woman living on her wealthy family's dime, worth spending time with? It isn't that she fills her days with solo outings to the movies, or that she almost drowned in a pool as a child. Her acrid charm, as seen in debuting writer-director Carolina Cavalli's portrait of arrested development, lies in the resolute stance she takes against anyone who demands she seek more out of life. Refusing to fulfill her potential (whatever that may be) is her rebellion. [...]

di Carlos Aguilar, articolo completo (3082 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 7 luglio 2023