Youth / Paolo Sorrentino ; translated from the Italian by N.S. Thompson.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: New York, New York ; London, England : MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 173 pages ; 18 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780857055484
- 0857055488
- 1681444690
- 9781681444697
- Giovinezza. English
- Screenplay for motion picture (work): Youth (Motion picture)
- PQ4919.O77 G5613 2015
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection | Fiction Collection | SORR | Available | T00634296 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
BY THE DIRECTOR AND CO-AUTHOR OF THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING THE GREAT BEAUTY
THE FILM OF YOUTH, STARRING MICHAEL CAINE, HARVEY KEITEL, RACHEL WEISZ, PAUL DANO AND JANE FONDA IS RELEASED IN THE UK ON 29 JANUARY
In a luxury spa hotel in the Swiss Alps, octogenarian friends Fred Ballinger and Mick Boyle look back on their eventful and successful lives as composer and film director, surrounded by a host of colourful and eccentric fellow guests.
But despite the tranquil setting, trouble is brewing. Fred's daughter and Mick's son are having marital problems, and both men, without knowing it, are entering a critical stage in their careers - for it is never too late to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
"Now a major motion picture from Fox Searchlight Pictures"--Cover.
Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again.
Translated from the Italian.