Charades has taken international sales rights to “Il tempo che ci vuole” (The Time It Takes), directed by Francesca Comencini . The film will premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the out of competition section.

“The Time It Takes” will be available in Italian cinemas on Sept. 26 through 01 Distribution.

The film centers on a devoted father working in the film industry, who shares a deep bond with his young daughter. Together, they discover the magical world of childhood through the daughter’s eyes and the “Pinocchio” set he’s working on, “where chaos meets fantasy.”

The child transitions into a young woman, and the state of blissful connection between father and daughter fades away. She recognizes that her childhood is slipping away, giving way to adolescence. The young woman starts using drugs, concealing the truth from her father. Unwilling to ignore the situation, the father confronts his daughter and decides to take her to Paris in a desperate attempt to salvage their bond and help her find herself again.

"The Time It Takes" pays tribute to the director's father Luigi Comencini - the Italian master who directed the Oscar-nominated Cinema Italiano classic "Bread, Love and Dreams", featuring Gina Lollobrigida and Vittorio De Sica.

In a statement, Francesca Comencini shared: “This film is a deeply personal narrative of moments with my father, drawn from memories that remain vivid and clear in my mind. It's a personal story, yet I believe it finds the right distance in the fact that between father and daughter, cinema has always been a shared passion, a life choice, a way of being in the world. All around, the era of political assassinations, social upheavals, and the rise of drugs, which turned the lives of an entire generation upside down.”

Marco Bellocchio and Simone Gattoni of Kavac, along with Sylvie Pialat of Les Films du Worso, are behind the film's production. Starring in the film are Fabrizio Gifuni and Romana Maggiora Vergano.

During the festival, the film’s production designer, Paola Comencini – the director’s sister – will be honored with the Campari Passion for Film Award, given to film industry individuals who, alongside the director, contribute to excellence in cinematic art.

The Venice statement described “The Time It Takes” as “a movie in which the set design is not only a creative and accurate creation but an extraordinary emotional journey.”

The ceremony to present the award to Paola Comencini will be held on Friday in the Palazzo del Cinema at 9.30 p.m., before the screening of “The Time It Takes.”