Why you can trust 12DOVE
When a woman dies in a fall – either suicide or accident, we never learn which – 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’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. All the same, Moretti’s simpatico screen persona just about carries it.
The Total Film team are made up of the finest minds in all of film journalism. They are: Editor Jane Crowther, Deputy Editor Matt Maytum, Reviews Ed Matthew Leyland, News Editor Jordan Farley, and Online Editor Emily Murray. Expect exclusive news, reviews, features, and more from the team behind the smarter movie magazine.

Keanu Reeves is returning for John Wick 5 as the franchise expands with an anime prequel series and a Caine spin-off movie

Ex Nintendo PR managers say the Switch 2 generation is likely to see the retirement of "several of the major developers at Nintendo who we have known for 40 something years"

Helldivers 2 CEO says industry layoffs have seen "very little accountability" from executives who "let go of one third of the company because you made stupid decisions"