Amanda

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Amanda

2023

1h 34m

Drama

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Born into an upper-class family with a doting mother who foots the bill for her indolent lifestyle, 24-year-old combative Amanda (emerging talent Benedetta Porcaroli) searches for boyfriends but only finds misfits who are repelled by her intensity. She longs for connection but has never had a friend of her own... until she discovers a long lost childhood bond, spurring a mission to convince another recluse that they are still best friends. A playful, provocative feature debut from writer-director Carolina Cavalli.

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Critics Consensus

A is for Amanda, an amusingly absurd coming-of-age comedy that offers poignant observations and positions director Carolina Cavalli as a talent to watch.

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Maxwell Rabb

Chicago Reader

08/11/2023

For her debut feature, Cavalli’s character study of a sardonic protagonist offers a unique voice to coming-of-age anxiety.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

08/02/2023

3/4

Amanda never lets its guard down or soft-pedals its protagonist’s preoccupation with herself, even as it slyly lampoons the culture and society that not only creates but enables rich characters.

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Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (LAist)

07/21/2023

I got very impatient with this film, but the one thing that holds your attention is Benedetta Porcaroli. She's astounding, and she makes you like it better than you should.

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Yasmin Kleinbart

InBetweenDrafts

Apr 14

8/10

The story itself may be as old as time, but the chemistry between Amanda and Rebecca is electric and keeps the viewer engaged.

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Cameron Ritter

Geek Vibes Nation

07/19/2025

8/10

The marriage of Cavalli’s witty writing and Porcaroli’s deadpan performance evokes so much of a young person’s experience in Western culture.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

02/13/2024

An idiosyncratic deadpan failure to launch comedy. . . made me laugh harder than anything I have seen the whole year.

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alexander

07/27/2023

Interesting script and dialogue. Main character actresses was wonderful and charming in the weird awkward way.

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Alain E

@AlainE Jul 3

This is definitely a super weird experience. The first ten fifteen minutes is pure genius. Not so easy to keep it up for an hour and a half. Don’t ask me what it means. There is an unusual young girl with a same age frenemy, a horse and a space heater among other protagonists. Very good cinematography as well. On Cineverse.

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Chiara B

@RT33803903 07/21/2025

Amazing 🤩🤩 A truly wonderful film, visually stunning, emotionally and powerful!

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Synopsis

Born into an upper-class family with a doting mother who foots the bill for her indolent lifestyle, 24-year-old combative Amanda (emerging talent Benedetta Porcaroli) searches for boyfriends but only finds misfits who are repelled by her intensity. She longs for connection but has never had a friend of her own... until she discovers a long lost childhood bond, spurring a mission to convince another recluse that they are still best friends. A playful, provocative feature debut from writer-director Carolina Cavalli.

Director: Carolina Cavalli
Producer: Antonio Celsi, Lorenzo Gangarossa, Annamaria Morelli, Malcolm Pagani, Moreno Zani, Malcom Pagani, Mario Gianani
Screenwriter: Carolina Cavalli
Distributor: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Production Co: Tenderstories, Film Commission Torino-Piemonte, Elsinore Film, Regione Piemonte, I Wonder Pictures, La Città di Torino, Wildside, Charades, Ministero della Cultura (MiC)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 7, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 34m