Tenderness

"Tenderness" (La tenerezza, 2017) is an Italian drama directed by Gianni Amelio — watch it online on iFILM. Set in Naples, the film follows Lorenzo, a retired lawyer who comes home from a hospital stay after a heart attack and meets Michela, the young woman who has just moved in across the hall.

Lorenzo has made solitude a discipline. Michela hasn't; her husband Fabio and their two children fill the building with the kind of warmth he's spent years shutting out. Renato Carpentieri plays Lorenzo, with Elio Germano and Giovanna Mezzogiorno co-starring.

The film is patient the way its main character is not — it never forces the thaw, just watches it happen. Stream "Tenderness" online on iFILM.