Penélope Cruz on Trans Rights and Why She’s Been Preparing Her Whole Life for L’immensità
Throughout his career, director Emanuele Crialese has focused on telling stories about migration, both literal (his gorgeous Nuovomondo chronicles an Italian family’s journey to NYC during the turn of the century) and figurative (in Respiro, a woman rediscovers herself while battling mental illness). In L’immensità, he brings both dimensions into play by telling his most personal tale yet; an autobiography of sorts, set in 1970s Rome, in which the young Andrea (Luana Giuliani) begins to question their gender identity.