Country: Italy
Year: 1994
Duration: 92'
1989. Bruno Nardelli is a worker at the steel factory in Piombino and
is married to Mirella, who works the cash register at a big supermarket.
One evening, the couple goes to see an amateur play supporting the
workers of Piombino, who are on strike. Mirella meets Gerry Fumo,
a local TV announcer, and is taken with him. Bruno hardly seems
to notice what is going on right under his nose, he is too busy with
other thoughts. The steel factory is in trouble and has laid its workers
off, the strike isn’t having any effect. His only hope is to do something
with his friends, who hope to leave the squalor of their lives behind
and daydream about an unrealistic entrepreneurial future in steel
laminates. Neglected by Bruno, Mirella gives in to Fumo’s flattery.
She tricks her husband and then betrays him.
Biography
film director
Paolo Virzi
Paolo Virzì (Livorno, Italy, 1964) after taking a course in screenwriting at the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia, collaborated on the screenplays of various films, including Turné by Gabriele Salvatores (1990). He debuted as a director in 1994 with Living It up, which won a Nastro d’argento and a David di Donatello for Best New
Director. His next film was the 1995 Ferie d’agosto, starring Silvio Orlando and Laura Morante. In 1997 he won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival with Hardboiled Egg, which was followed by Kisses and Hugs (1999), My Name Is Tanino (2002), Caterina in the Big City (2003) and N - Io e Napoleone (2006). In 2008 he made Tutta la vita davanti, starring Sabrina Ferilli, Elio Germano and Valerio Mastandrea.
FILMOGRAFIA
La bella vita (Living It up, 1994), Ferie d’agosto (1995), Intolerance (ep. Roma Ovest 143, 1996), Ovosodo (Hardboiled Egg, 1997), Baci e abbracci (Kisses and Hugs, 1999), Provino d’ammissione (cm, 1999), La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli (doc., 2001), My Name Is Tanino (2002), Caterina va in città (Caterina in the Big City, 2003),
N - Io e Napoleone (2006), Tutta la vita davanti (2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Paolo Virzì
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay Francesco Bruni, Paolo Virzì
fotografia/cinematography Paolo Carnera
montaggio/film editing Sergio Montanari
scenografia/production design Attilio Caselli
costumi/costume design Maria Giovanna Caselli
musica/music Claudio Cimpanelli
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Claudio Bigagli (Bruno Nardelli), Sabrina Ferilli (Mirella), Massimo Ghini (Gerry Fumo), Giorgio Algranti (Renato Mansani), Emanuele Barresi (Luciano Batoni), Roberto Marini (Ello Morini)
produttori/producers Roberto Cimpanelli, Paolo Vandini
produzione/production Time International Film, Life International
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay Francesco Bruni, Paolo Virzì
fotografia/cinematography Paolo Carnera
montaggio/film editing Sergio Montanari
scenografia/production design Attilio Caselli
costumi/costume design Maria Giovanna Caselli
musica/music Claudio Cimpanelli
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Claudio Bigagli (Bruno Nardelli), Sabrina Ferilli (Mirella), Massimo Ghini (Gerry Fumo), Giorgio Algranti (Renato Mansani), Emanuele Barresi (Luciano Batoni), Roberto Marini (Ello Morini)
produttori/producers Roberto Cimpanelli, Paolo Vandini
produzione/production Time International Film, Life International