Synopsis
The Manual of Love (Manuale d'amore, 2005) is an Italian romantic anthology you can watch online on iFILM. Giovanni Veronesi threads four separate love stories into one film, finding comedy and ache in equal measure.
Each chapter takes a different stage of a relationship — falling in love, the slump, betrayal, the breakup. A young man chases a woman he can't stop thinking about, a long-married husband tries to revive a cold marriage, someone cheats, someone learns to let go. The tone swings from farce to something quietly sad. Carlo Verdone, Silvio Muccino, Margherita Buy and Sabrina Impacciatore fill out the ensemble.
Veronesi shoots love without the gloss — the bickering, the boredom and the absurdity, not just the roses. The film kicked off a whole run of Italian "Manuale" sequels and suits anyone who enjoys light European cinema about couples. Stream The Manual of Love (2005) online on iFILM.
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