Facing Windows
Release date: 2003-02-27
Votes: 327
Genres: Drama, Romance
Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her.
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