Still from A Common Story

First Feature Competition

A Common Story

Anna Foglietta

Anna Foglietta’s beautifully observed and impressively directed feature debut details the fractures that appear in a couple’s seemingly happy marriage.
Runtime
110 min
Country
Italy
Language
Italian
Year
2026
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An ordinary married couple in a working-class community, who have just seen their daughter off to college, appear to lead an amicable routine of work and leisure. But as months go by, their relationship gradually disintegrates. Emotional tensions soon ratchet up in this impressively acted, meticulously detailed and all-too-authentic portrait of a mature relationship.

Adrian Wootton