The Circumstance (Italian: La Circostanza) is a 1973 Italian drama film written, directed and edited by Ermanno Olmi.^[1] The film was screened at the 1974 San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it received a special mention.^[1][2]

Plot

Laura, a lawyer who comes from an upper-class Milanese family, leads an altogether placid life. After witnessing an almost-fatal motorcycle accident near her family's country home, she becomes obsessed with the young victim, leading to a series of flashbacks and introspective instants that probe the bourgeois life she leads.

Cast

• Ada Savelli as Laura
• Raffaella Bianichi as Silvia, Laura's daughter
• Gaetano Porro as Laura's husband
• Massimo Tabak as Tommaso, Laura's second son
• Mario Sireci as Beppe, Laura's eldest son
• Barbara Pezzuto as Anna, Beppe's wife

Reception

Critic Derek Elley titled The Circumstance a "romantic highpoint in Olmi's oeuvre" and "his most accomplished piece of work."^[3]

Legacy

The Circumstance was screened at Film at Lincoln Center in 2019 as part of a retrospective on Olmi's work.^[4]

External links

• The Circumstance at IMDb
• The Circumstance at AllMovie

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