The Time It Takes
Films about Films
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1h 53m
Directed by Francesca Comencini • Drama • With Romana Maggiora Vergano, Fabrizio Gifuni • 2025 • 113 minutes
In this deeply personal film about her relationship with her father, legendary filmmaker Luigi Comencini, Francesca Comencini’s virtuosic work of cinematic autobiography paints a richly emotional picture of their changing bond. Young Francesca (first-time actress Anna Mangiocavallo) and her father Luigi (an astonishing Fabrizio Gifuni) live together during the Years of Lead; they share a love of cinema, but their love for one another is tested both by the passage of time and by the convulsions of this turbulent period in Italian politics. A film suffused with empathy and self-reflection, THE TIME IT TAKES finds Comencini in top form, rendering the intensity and complications of the father-daughter relationship with a rare authenticity. The film earned six Donatello Award nominations, and Romana Maggiora Vergano, who plays the adult Francesca, won the Pasinetti Award for best actress at its Venice Film Festival debut. —Film at Lincoln Center
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