Flavia, a gorgeous creature is seen quarreling with her boyfriend, Danilo, as the story opens. She wants to get away from the house where the feast is being held as soon as possible. At the same time, Domenico, the midnight station master, is seen arriving for his shift. He is a working man with his own problems. These two opposite characters are thrown together by an incredible force and will spend the night getting to know one another in ways they didn't bargain for.
It appears that Danilo, Flavia's boyfriend, has capitalized on getting on board a business where her name and prestige will be the key for concluding the deal. Unfortunately, because their disagreement, Danilo stands to lose it all. What does he do? He comes to claim at the station, what he thought was rightly his, Flavia. The beautiful woman, in the meantime, gets to meet a kind soul that is generous to a fault and who will do everything to satisfy her. Flavia and Domenico will discover their encounter will make each other a much better person in spite of all the bad things Danilo tries to punish them.
"La stazione" was a surprise when it showed on cable recently. Co-written, directed, and acted by Sergio Rubini, the film was a revelation. The film doesn't mask the fact that it's filmed theater. It was based on a play by Umberto Marino. The excellent Margherita Buy appears as Flavia. This actress, who was starting her career in the Italian cinema, shows in this work why she was earmarked for greater things that came later. Ms. Buy has such a presence in all her films, like she does in this one, that it's hard to keep ones' eyes away from her throughout the movie.
Sergio Rubini shows a talent for comedy, even a dramatic turn, as he does here. Mr. Rubini is another asset in the film. His Domenico is a good man, incapable of harming anyone. His encounter with Flavia was like a dream come true. He is taken away from his every day worries with his sickly mother, into a reality and cruelty, he has not known first hand. Ennio Fantastichini, who is seen as Danilo, gives a good performance as the egotistical man that has used Flavia to gain his entry into a business where he wouldn't have been accepted, were it not by her status and wealth.
Enjoy "La stazione", which in less than 90 minutes delivers a good story and will delight everyone for the good acting Mr. Rubini got from his cast. See it specially for Margherita Buy doing a great turn on the screen.
It appears that Danilo, Flavia's boyfriend, has capitalized on getting on board a business where her name and prestige will be the key for concluding the deal. Unfortunately, because their disagreement, Danilo stands to lose it all. What does he do? He comes to claim at the station, what he thought was rightly his, Flavia. The beautiful woman, in the meantime, gets to meet a kind soul that is generous to a fault and who will do everything to satisfy her. Flavia and Domenico will discover their encounter will make each other a much better person in spite of all the bad things Danilo tries to punish them.
"La stazione" was a surprise when it showed on cable recently. Co-written, directed, and acted by Sergio Rubini, the film was a revelation. The film doesn't mask the fact that it's filmed theater. It was based on a play by Umberto Marino. The excellent Margherita Buy appears as Flavia. This actress, who was starting her career in the Italian cinema, shows in this work why she was earmarked for greater things that came later. Ms. Buy has such a presence in all her films, like she does in this one, that it's hard to keep ones' eyes away from her throughout the movie.
Sergio Rubini shows a talent for comedy, even a dramatic turn, as he does here. Mr. Rubini is another asset in the film. His Domenico is a good man, incapable of harming anyone. His encounter with Flavia was like a dream come true. He is taken away from his every day worries with his sickly mother, into a reality and cruelty, he has not known first hand. Ennio Fantastichini, who is seen as Danilo, gives a good performance as the egotistical man that has used Flavia to gain his entry into a business where he wouldn't have been accepted, were it not by her status and wealth.
Enjoy "La stazione", which in less than 90 minutes delivers a good story and will delight everyone for the good acting Mr. Rubini got from his cast. See it specially for Margherita Buy doing a great turn on the screen.