“The Echo Chamber” by Andrea Pallaoro
Chicago International Film Festival
When physical therapist Anne (Alicia Vikander) starts making house calls to treat successful music producer Leo’s (Luca Marinelli) chronic pain, the two are inexorably drawn into an unlikely affair. As the months pass, the lovers endure an endless cycle of longing and separation, intimacy and distance. Enter Ava (Susan Sarandon), a storied songstress collaborating with Leo, whose voice echoes through Leo’s apartment, a “choral” reminder of what is important, what is remembered, and what endures.
Working for the first time from a script not completely his own, director Andrea Pallaoro closely collaborated with Bernardo Bertolucci’s co-writers Ilaria Bernardini and Ludovica Rampoldi to adapt Bertolucci’s last screenplay. Set almost entirely within the walls of Leo’s labyrinthine, light-filled home, the film moves back and forth in time as characters drift in and out of each other’s lives. The Echo Chamber is a love story in a liminal space where the boundaries between presence and absence, care and dependence, desire and control merge and dissolve.
Language: English, Italian
Run Time: 120 minutes
Genres: Drama – Music – Romance – Sex and Sexuality
Screenings
- Tue, Oct 20 @ 8:00pm at AMC NEWCITY 14, 1500 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, Screen 14
- Wed, Oct 21 @ 8:15pm at AMC NEWCITY 14, 1500 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60610, Screen 14
The 62nd Chicago International Film Festival returns this year on October 14–25!
The Chicago International Film Festival, the longest-running competitive film festival in North America, brings over 150 films from around the world to Chicago. For 12 days, approximately 45,000 film lovers come together to discover extraordinary films, meet filmmakers and artists, and engage in conversations and events that celebrate diverse stories, perspectives, and the shared experience of cinema. As every year, Italian cinema will have a special place at the festival, with several Italian films featured in this year’s lineup.