A Five Star Life Explained

A Five Star Life
Music:Gabriele Roberto
Runtime:85 minutes
Gross:$2,440,993[1]

A Five Star Life (Italian: '''Viaggio sola''', also known as I Travel Alone) is a 2013 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi.[2] [3] For her performance, Margherita Buy won the David di Donatello for Best Actress.[4] The film also won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Comedy.[5]

Cast

Reception

Critical response

A Five Star Life has an approval rating of 62% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 34 reviews, and an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Modest to a fault, A Five Star Life is worth seeing chiefly for Margherita Buy's marvelous work in the central role".[6] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[7]

Accolades

List of Accolades
Award / Film FestivalCategoryRecipient(s)Result
67th Silver Ribbon Awards[8] Best ComedyMaria Sole Tognazzi
Best ProducerDonatella Botti
Best StoryIvan Cotroneo Francesca Marciano and Maria Sole Tognazzi
Best ActressMargherita Buy
Best Supporting ActressFabrizia Sacchi
Best CostumesDaniela Ciancio
58th David di Donatello Awards[9] Best ScriptIvan Cotroneo Francesca Marciano and Maria Sole Tognazzi
Best ActressMargherita Buy
Best Supporting ActorStefano Accorsi
Best Supporting ActressFabrizia Sacchi
Best EditingWalter Fasano
28th Ciak d'oro[10] Best ActressMargherita Buy
Best Supporting ActorStefano Accorsi
Best ScreenwriterIvan Cotroneo, Francesca Marciano and Maria Sole Tognazzi

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Five Star Life (2014) . . 2 September 2014.
  2. News: Kaori Shoji . Review: 'A Five Star Life' . 18 May 2014. . January 30, 2014 .
  3. News: Jordan Mintzer. I Travel Alone (Viaggio Sola): Cannes Review. 18 May 2014. The Hollywood Reporter. April 26, 2013.
  4. News: Silvia Fumarola. Sei David per Giuseppe Tornatore trionfa ai David di Donatello 2013. 18 May 2014. La Repubblica. June 14, 2013.
  5. News: Nastri d'argento "Viaggio sola" è la miglior commedia. 18 May 2014. Corriere della Sera. July 1, 2013.
  6. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_five_star_life
  7. https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-five-star-life?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c
  8. Web site: Nastri d'argento 2013 vincitori. cineblog.it. 9 December 2014.
  9. Web site: David di Donatello 2014, i vincitori: miglior film Il capitale umano Panorama. cultura.panorama.it. 9 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140614215921/http://cultura.panorama.it/cinema/david-donatello-2014-vincitori. 14 June 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  10. Web site: Ciak d'oro 2014, a La Grande Bellezza otto premi. Paolo Virzì miglior regista - Il Fatto Quotidiano. ilfattoquotidiano.it. 9 December 2014.