Country: Italy
Year: 2002
Duration: 14'


Alex and his wife Laura have a breakdown to their jeep during a trip. The couple is assisted by a strange character, who conducts them in an abandoned hotel. A strange atmosphere winds the dismal and isolated hotel. The consorts have to face the illogical discourses of the man. Only in the end Alex realizes what is happening in reality.

Biography

film director

Massimo Coglitore

Massimo Coglitore (Messina, 1970) began to shoot amateur videos when he was very young. His first professional videos are: L'alba è vicina and I colori del cielo. Actually he is the president of Entr'acte with which he produced Uomo di carta, his first short film. In 2002 he shot and produced Deadline, his secondo short film in 35mm. He directed some local Tv magazines, three documentaries, and some tv commercials.

FILMOGRAFIA

L'alba è vicina (cm, 1994), I colori del cielo (cm, 1995), A soqquadro (doc., 1995), Noi greci di Sicilia (1997), Uomo di carta (cm, 1998), La ginestra (1999), Deadline (cm, 2002).

Cast

& Credits

Regia, soggetto e sceneggiatura: Massimo Coglitore.
Director of photography: Alessandro Pavoni.
Art director: Virginia Carnabuci.
Costume designer: Isabella Attanasio.
Trucco: Nino Alessi.
Editor: Angelo Curi.
Cast: Guido Caprino, Karina Arutyunyan, Maurizio Puglisi, Alessia Tripodo, Luciana Carnabuci, Rossella Formisano, Pierpaolo Grasso, Gianluca Libro, Santinella Macauda, Tommy Maugeri.
Production company and Italian distribution: Massimo Coglitore, Anna Mazzaglia Miceli per Societ` Cooperativa Entr'acte, via G. Sciva 26, Messina, tel. e fax +39-090-716360, e-mail mcoglitore@hotmail.com.
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