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Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Emily Delahunty is an eccentric British romance novelist who lives in Umbria in central Italy. One day while travelling, the train she is on is bombed by terrorists. After she wakes up in a hospital, she invites three of the other survivors of the disaster to stay at her Italian villa for recuperation. Of these are The General, a retired British Army veteran, Werner, a young German man, and Aimee, a young American girl who has now become mute after her parents were both killed in the explosion.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard LoncraineDirector
- Claudio CapponiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Maggie SmithMrs. Emily Delahunty
- Ronnie BarkerThe General
- Chris CooperThomas 'Tom' Riversmith
- Benno FürmannWerner
- Giancarlo GianniniInspector Girotti
- Timothy SpallQuinty
- Libero De RienzoDr. Innocenti
- Emmy ClarkeAimee
- Cecilia DazziRosa Crevelli
- Anna LonghiSignora Barcini
- Deirdre HarrisonPhyllis, Aimee's Mother
- Silvia De SantisMadeleine