Days and Clouds

A great deal of the reason for that belongs solely to Buy. This is, without a doubt, one of the finest performances by an actress I've seen this year, nearly up to the same remarkable plateau as Kristin Scott Thomas' work in I've Loved You So Long.

Days and Clouds, despite its darkness, warmly reminds us that if we have each other, sometimes that's all we need.

Days and Clouds serves as a primer in coping with depression, financial and/or personal. But it is stirring, serious and, ultimately, mercifully optimistic cinema.

Mr. Soldini, who made the 2001 sleeper hit “Bread and Tulips,” has thoughtfully fashioned a human interest story out of current events by creating wholly believable characters and scenarios.