Directed by Marina Spada (Italia, 2011- 88 min.- Drama. Language: Italian. Subtitles: English)
With Claudia Gerini, Raffaele Pisu, Claudia Coli, Paolo Pierobon, Lino Guanciale.
In Il Mio Domani Gerini plays Monica, an unmarried, successful business woman with an empty life. She spends her weekends on her father’s farm while her lover, Vittorio, her married boss, is home with his wife. The evenings that Vittorio can get away and spend time with Monica, it’s really all just sex and work talk. Though Monica seems helpless to change her situation, she is obviously not very fulfilled. People either reach out to her and she doesn’t seem interested or the relationships that she desires don’t work out. Her tomorrow is going to have to depend on her.
So, to recap, Monica, the stereotypical other woman, dedicates her life to her work and married boss and her existence is wanting. There’s something there, but Spada doesn’t tell us what it is. Even in the worst Hollywood movie there’s a well-defined beginning, middle, and end. Even the most horrifying Adam Sandler movie begins with a situation, shows conflict in the situation, and then the situation is resolved.