This is a serious psychological film about depression, and you should be up for this if you want to see it. Bianca is left by her husband, who accuses her to not having seen that he is unhappy. Neither has she realised that he has cheated on her (without much effort to hide it). The loss of her marriage drives her into depression. She sees a psychologist who suggests that before every session she does something for ten minutes that she has never done before. The official blurb of the film focuses on this ten minutes exercise a bit too exclusively, maybe raising wrong expectations about what to expect from them. But in any case this is a nice and original concept to be explored in this film. Maybe something to try out for yourself. The film is low key, well thought through, credible, and sensitive. The story is fairly simple but holds some surprise. It has some darkness, but also the odd fun moment and an ultimately positive message. The film is well acted, particularly Barbara Ronchi as Bianca gives an excellent performance. This is a film focusing on women (BIanca's sister and Dr. Braibanti, the psychologist, have most screen time apart from Bianca herself) done by a female director, but it isn't a feminist film (I say this just because some feminists may have an issue with a part of the film's "message" - or maybe not... still trying to figure out why this fine film currently stands at just 6.0.).
Review of Dieci minuti
