Fasten Your Seatbelts

Fasten Your Seatbelts (Allacciate le cinture, 2014) is an Italian romantic drama directed by Ferzan Özpetek — watch it online on iFILM. Elena comes from a well-off, educated family; Antonio is a rough-around-the-edges mechanic with no patience for social niceties. They couldn't be more different, and they both know it — which does nothing to stop what happens next.

They leave their partners, get married, and discover that chemistry alone doesn't pay the bills or bridge a worldview gap. Starring Kasia Smutniak and Francesco Arca, the film refuses the tidy rom-com arc: Özpetek is more interested in what comes after the leap of faith than in the leap itself. Stream Fasten Your Seatbelts (2014) on iFILM.