A man, whose life is going nowhere, learns he had an attractive younger
woman admirer in this drama from Italy. Titta Di Girolamo (
Toni Servillo)
is a middle-aged former stockbroker who now makes his living as a minor
functionary with the Mafia. A few times a week, Di Girolamo handles
bank deposits of large sums of money brought to Italy from the United
States. When he's not occupied with that, Di Girolamo's life is barren,
with only his occasional heroin use adding drama to his days. Divorced
and cut off from his former wife and children, Di Girolamo lives in a
hotel, and spends much of his day killing time in their cocktail lounge
as he watches barmaid Sofia (
Olivia Magnani) at work. When Di Girolamo's more outgoing brother Valerio (
Adriano Giannini)
stops by for a visit, he goads Di Girolamo into making small talk with
Sofia, and soon he makes the unexpected discovery that Sophia has long
had an infatuation with him.
Le Conseguenze Dell'Amore was screened in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
