The movie Facing Windows is a 2003 Italian drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. The film follows Giovanna, who is a young woman living with her husband in Rome. She is struggling to balance her domestic duties and her job as a bookkeeper, and she feels stuck in her life. Meanwhile, her husband is preoccupied with his own work and interests, leaving her feeling alone and ignored.
One day, her husband brings home an elderly Jewish man named Simone, who is a Holocaust survivor. Giovanna is initially hesitant to take care of him but eventually becomes close to him, listening to his stories and learning from his life experience.
As she spends more time with Simone, Giovanna begins to reflect on her own life and her unfulfilled dreams. She also starts to develop feelings for the man who lives across from her apartment, a young man named Lorenzo who is an aspiring writer.
Facing Windows is a thoughtful and moving film that explores themes of love, identity, and memory. Through Giovanna's journey, the film speaks to the universal human experience of longing for connection and purpose in life.