Country: Italy
Year: 1993
Duration: 90'
At the funeral of their father, a well-known cabinet-maker, the Strano brothers, Tonio and Bruno, quarrel. One brother accuses the other of using cheap wood to build the coffin. The film's tone is set from the start: like Cain and Abel, the two brothers will always at each other's throat. No sooner are they home from the funeral service, Tonio and Bruno divide the huge family estate. Since both are cabinet-makers like their father, they start by stealing each other clients. The fratricidal war has also rubbed off on their wives and children: even the sudden death of Tonio's mate is not enough to reconcile them. Then comes the day when the two brothers come violent/y to blows: when Tonio, his features drawn, returns to the kitchen, Bruno has disappeared. All that remains is a bloodstain and his hat in the gravel of the courtyard. Tonio is immediately accused of murder. After a hasty inquiry, the police imprison him. Left on their own, his two sons, leave the house. Alone with her daughter, Bruno's wife takes over the house and displaying sharp commercial acumen, turns the "family" business into a thriving affair. Three years later, the police summon her to make a formal identification of her husbands presumed body on the basis of personal effects. But a doubt about the truth of Bruno's death fingers. What if it was all a sordid charade of hatred and power?
Biography
film director
Bruno Bigoni
(Milan, Italy, 1950) in 1979 was one of the founders of the Filmmaker Festival. In 1983, he and Kiko Stella codirected his first film, Live. In 1987, he directed the documentary Nome di battaglia: Bruno and in 1990, he, Minnie Ferrara, and Kiko Stella founded Minnie Ferrara & Associati. His most recent documentaries include Oggi è un altro giorno; Amleto... frammenti; Faber; Comizi d’amore 2000; Chi mi ha incontrato, non mi ha visto and, in 2017, My War Is Not Over, many of which were presented at the TFF. In 2019 he directed with Francesca Lolli Voglio vivere senza vedermi, presented out of competition at TFF and Filmmaker, Milan. TFF also presented his film Tre donne, di Sylvia Plath, co-directed with Francesca Lolli.
FILMOGRAFIA
(cortometraggi) Spaccati (1979), L’attesa (1980), La magia (1980), Nothing (1985) Nel lago (1986), Nome di battaglia: Bruno (1987), Il mondo chiuso (1988), Confine incerto (1988), Zanzare (1989), Lux interior (1989), Jamaica (1990), Stanza One-Eleven (1991), Le lacrime amare di Petra (1992), L’origine della ferita (1994), Oggi è un altro giorno (doc, 1995), Belli sciallati (1996), Il cerchio (1996), L’agnello di Dio (1996), Nothing is Real - Appunti su Nirvana (co-regia Giuseppe Baresi, doc,1996), Amleto... frammenti (1997), Scene da Pinocchio (1998), In tutto questo niente (co-regia Collettivo 57 dello IULM di Milano, 2012), Fino a quando l’ultimo - Sulcis, storia di una resistenza operaia (2018). (documentari) Italia ‘90 - Lavori in corso (1990), Faber, co-regia Romano Giuffrida (1999), Comizi d’amore 2000 (2000), I sogni degli Elfi - Viaggio nella storia del Teatro dell’Elfo (2000), Cuori all’assalto - Storia di Raffaele e Cristina (2003), Riccardo (2004), Chiamami Mara (2005), Don Chisciotte e... (2006), L’attimo assoluto (2009), Il colore del vento (2010), Milano 55,1 - Cronaca di una settimana di passioni (2011), Sull’anarchia (2014), Chi mi ha incontrato, non mi ha visto (2016), My War Is Not Over (2017). (lungometraggi) Live, co-regia con Kiko Stella (1983), Occasioni di shopping (ep. Provvisorio quasi d’amore, 1988), Veleno (1993), Illuminazioni (2004), Voglio vivere senza vedermi (co-regia con Francesca Lolli, 2019), Tre donne, di Sylvia Plath (co-regia con Francesca Lolli, 2021), Cinque stanze (2022).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Bruno Bigoni.
Screenplay: Bruno Bigoni, Fabio Carlini.
Director of photography: Luca Bigazzi.
Art director: Carlo Sala.
Editor: Claudio Cormio.
Music: Davide Masarati.
Sound: Hubrect Nijhuis.
Cast and characters: Elio de Capitani (Bruno), Carlo Colnaghi (Tonio), Marina Confalone (Pina), Ida Marinelli (Maria), Fabio Modesti, Valeria D'Onofrio, Matteo Bigoni.
Director of Production: Giovanni Saulini, Eugenia Agostini.
Production company: Minnie Ferrara e Associati, via del Caravaggio 2, Milano, tel. +39-02-55195318, fax +39-02-55195318.
Italian distribution: Mikado Film, Lgtv. Flaminio 34, 00100 Roma, tel. +39-06-3225295, fax +39-06-3219489.
Screenplay: Bruno Bigoni, Fabio Carlini.
Director of photography: Luca Bigazzi.
Art director: Carlo Sala.
Editor: Claudio Cormio.
Music: Davide Masarati.
Sound: Hubrect Nijhuis.
Cast and characters: Elio de Capitani (Bruno), Carlo Colnaghi (Tonio), Marina Confalone (Pina), Ida Marinelli (Maria), Fabio Modesti, Valeria D'Onofrio, Matteo Bigoni.
Director of Production: Giovanni Saulini, Eugenia Agostini.
Production company: Minnie Ferrara e Associati, via del Caravaggio 2, Milano, tel. +39-02-55195318, fax +39-02-55195318.
Italian distribution: Mikado Film, Lgtv. Flaminio 34, 00100 Roma, tel. +39-06-3225295, fax +39-06-3219489.
