Movie: "Quiet Chaos"

Release Date: Oct 2008 Genres: Drama / Romance Awards: 10 wins & 19 nominations Runtime: 105 min Cast: Nanni Moretti (Pietro Paladini), Valeria Golino (Marta) Alessandro Gassman (Carlo Paladini) Isabella Ferrari (Eleonora Simoncini) Silvio Orlando (Samuele) Blu Di Martino (Claudia Paladini (as Blu Yoshimi)) Hippolyte Girardot (Jean-Claude) Roberto Nobile (Taramanni) Alba Rohrwacher (Annalisa) Manuela Morabito (Maria Grazia) Kasia Smutniak (Jolanda) Beatrice Bruschi (Benedetta) Sara D'Amico (Francesca) Babak Karimi (Mario) Tatiana Lepore (Mamma di Matteo) Anna Gigante (Amica di Maria Grazia) Denis Podalydès (Thierry) Charles Berling (Boesson) Antonella Attili (Gloria) Cloris Brosca (Psicoterapeuta) Valentina Carnelutti (Amica di Maria Grazia) Stefano Guglielmi (Matteo) Nestor Saied (Simoncini) Dina Braschi (Donna anziana) Ester Cavallari (Lara Paladini) Roman Polanski (Steiner) Claudia Alfonso (Ragazza) Roberta Bruni (Gymnastic Coach) Sara D'Amario (La moglie malata) Laura Paolucci () Francesco Piccolo () Riccardo (Nebbia - cane di Jolanta) Manuela Solvey ()

Storyline

Pietro is a successful businessman with a wife and a daughter. One day he helps his brother save two women from drowning at the beach. When he returns home he finds that his wife has died. Now Pietro has to take care of his daughter, Claudia. When he drives her to school soon after, he decides to wait for her all day in front of the school, and soon that's what he does every day. He eats at the nearby café, gets to know the people who come by and follows from afar the fusion developments at work. Pietro's brother expects him to snap out of it, but who will snap first?