Next Time the Fire (1993)
Overview
The study of semantics has convinced Amedio that things only have relative validity, and that everything is changeable. So it seems, because while on an Italian holiday with his family, he conceives the idea that his aging wife should assume the role of his mother, and his daughter, who has an infant son, should assume the role of his wife and lover. His real mother, an elderly invalid, dies just as this conceit begins to take form, and, inexplicably, the women placidly go along with this odd notion for a time, but eventually return to their former roles.
Cast
Jean Rochefort
Amedeo
Marie-Christine Barrault
Elena
Lila Kedrova
Mother
Jacqueline Lustig
Gloria
Patrizia De Clara
Malvina
Valerio Andrei
Groom
