A Brief Affair () is a 2025 Italian film written and directed by Ludovica Rampoldi. It was the first film directed by Rampoldi and grossed 738,729 €.
Plot Seismologist Rocco spends his Friday nights at a gym, alternating between boxing and chess matches. After the gym he goes to a neighbouring bar, where one evening he meets Lea. A few days later Lea sees him near her workplace and they begin a relationship. Learning that Rocco's wife Cecilia is a psychoanalyst, Lea meets her at a shooting range where Cecilia trains and asks her for a consultation, expressing her distress, convinced that her partner Andrea is cheating on her. Eventually, the four protagonists meet again and make up their differences.
Cast Pilar Fogliati as Lea Adriano Giannini as Rocco Andrea Carpenzano as Andrea Valeria Golino as Cecilia Massimo De Lorenzo as Umberto Betty Pedrazzi as the barista Monica Nappo as Adele Lorenzo Gioielli as Sergio Pia Engleberth as the pianist Giselda Volodi as the hotel receptionist Selene Caramazza as TV series actress Giulia Maenza as TV series actress
Production There was seven weeks' shooting from April to June 2024 in Rome and Naples.
Distribution It premiered on 16 October 2025 in that year's Rome Film Festival and was released in Italian cinemas on 27 November 2025, distributed by 01 Distribution.
Awards David di Donatellos 2026Candidati premi David di Donatello 2026 Best New Director (nomination) for Ludovica Rampoldi Best Supporting Actress (nomination) for Valeria Golino 2026 Best lead actress (nomination) for Pilar Fogliati
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