When a woman dies in a fall – either suicide or accident, we never learn which &ndashꦑ; her widowed husband responds strangely. Each day, after taking his 10-year-old daughter to school, he sits outside the building all day waiting for her to come out – even though the girl herself doesn’t seem particularly traumatised.

At first, people console him🤪; then they come to consult him… Since Quiet Chaos stars Nanni Moretti (for once not directing himself) the parallels with his film The Son&rsqღuo;s Room are inescapable. Once again we see the effect of sudden bereavement and grief; the gradual process towards healing.

But Antonio Grimaldi’s film (which is based on a best-selling novel) suffers by the comparison. Quiet Chaos feels thin and, especially towards the end, increasingly
✃implausible. Al🎶l the same, Moretti’s simpatico screen persona just about carries it.