PIZZA PANIC

For ten years Guido has received pizzas every day that he has never ordered. Exhausted, he hunts for the person responsible: what seems to be a simple investigation becomes an obsession that may drive him to madness.

“Guido is a lonely man, son of a generation who had it all and he is left unable to recognise and accept how everything’s changed; he tries desperately to recreate a bond with his grown-up daughter, but it is too late. He slowly realizes that to him these pizzas are not just a simple torment, but an obsession that gives him a reason to wake up every morning. He wants to get rid of them, and yet, he can’t live without them. Guido’s place used to be a simple boring apartment, but with his growing obsession it has become an extention of the dark forest inside his mind; the camerawork and set design deform it even more, and amplify its grotesqueness through stark contrasts and intense spots of color. There is a strong tonal coherence throughout the whole film, even though every scene has its own identity, playing with the most recognisable elements of different genres – war movie, noir, horror – to create new and original comedic situations.”

DIRECTOR: Leonardo Malaguti. SCREENPLAY: Luca Murri Fabiano, Leonardo Malaguti. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Andrea Lenci. FILM EDITING: Yuri Costantino, Blanka Nadai. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Alessandro Bucca. COSTUME DESIGN: Sara Antongirolami, Isabella Manto. MUSIC: Alessandro Speranza. SOUND: Alessandro Rizzo. CAST: Nicola Pistoia, Evelina Meghnagi. PRODUCTION: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.