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A decaying prison in modern-day Italy is on the verge of shutting down. When bureaucracy gets in the way, a dozen inmates, together with a handful of guards, are left behind. Isolated from the rest of the world, rules become fluid. New dynamics form. Gaetano (Toni Servillo: The Great Beauty, The Hand of God), head of the prison guards, and mafia boss Lagioia (Silvio Orlando: The Caiman, The Ties) must seek common ground to keep the peace between the inmates and the guards. In this tense prison drama, director Leonardo Di Costanzo continues to explore the human soul beyond the conventional, and expertly captures the danger and absurdity of prison life. Once again, Di Costanzo relays a story that poignantly addresses both the specific and the universal.
DIRECTOR
Having graduated from the University of Naples in 1992, Leonardo Di Costanzo moved to Paris, where he gained valuable directorial experience in documentaries, receiving awards in many international festivals. His first feature film, L’intervallo (The Interval), was screened at the Venice Film Festival and won, among many others, a David di Donatello award for Best New Director. L’intrusa (The Intruder), his second film, was shortlisted at Cannes in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs category. With the segment "L'avant-poste", he participated in the collective production "Bridges of Sarajevo", selected at Cannes for the Séances Spéciales category.
Sponsors
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Produttore di Elite
Produttore Esecutivo
Luigi Bernardi &
Produttore
Assitente di produzione
Albert and Susan Colianni Family
Astrid Garino and Massimo Costalonga
Regista
Catherine Allan
Nancy Azzam
Bill and Sandra Gengler
Jeff Lotz
Andrea and Vittorio Raimondi
Aiuto Regista
Vito Bongiorno
Brian Balleria and Joan Bechtold
Ann Burns
Denise and Giacomo D'Aurora
Elizabeth Fletcher
Stefano Perugini
Joe Pingatore
Nassim and Federico Rossi
Penelope Scialla
David Yarusso
Individual Film Sponsor
Pavoloni International LLC