Soldati - 365 all'alba (1987)

Claudio Scanna is a private in the Italian army: during his first night in a new military base he gets in a fight with senior recruits. Lieutenant Fili, Claudio's commanding officer, is ... See full summary »

Director:

Marco Risi

Writers:

Marco Modugno (story), Stefano Sudriè (screenplay),

Stars:

Claudio Amendola, Agostina Belli, Alessandro Benvenuti

Cast

Credited cast:
Claudio Amendola	...	Claudio Scanna
Agostina Belli	...	Anna Fili
Alessandro Benvenuti	...	Buzzi
Claudio Botosso	...	Dott. Adalberto Romani
Angelo Cabiddu	...	Angelo Cabiddu
Alessandro Cavalieri	...	Ternano Puro
Roberto Cavosi	...	Alvise Marasca
Ugo Conti	...	Sergente Gallo
Massimo Dapporto	...	Tenente Armando Fili
Sergio Di Pinto	...	Infermiere
Manlio Dovi	...	Salvatore Sciaffa
Ivo Garrani	...	Colonnello
Maria Cristina Gentile	...	Birraia (as Cristina Gentile)
Sandro Ghiani	...	Caporale Porcu
Pietro Ghislandi	...	Dario Del Grillo

Storyline

Claudio Scanna is a private in the Italian army: during his first night in a new military base he gets in a fight with senior recruits. Lieutenant Fili, Claudio's commanding officer, is denied a promotion because his superiors discover he was absent without justification during the night of the fight. Fili blames Claudio and vows to make his remaining months in the service a living hell...

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Plot Keywords:

italian army | military | illness | realism | 1980s | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Also Known As:

Mili KK

Filming Locations:

Collegio Nazareno, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Numero Uno Cinematografica S.r.l., Reteitalia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam
Performed by Whitney Houston

User Reviews

Much more than you think

I gave 8 to this movie, the highest vote up to now. No, I don't like many movies, my taste isn't so "easy". I'm not going to tell you that this is a masterpiece. Actually, nothing spectacular here, but a simple, solid comedy/drama, with a reasonably realistic portrait of life in the Italian army from the perspective of soldiers doing their compulsory service. Me too, I did it, so I know what I'm talking about. The characters of Scanna and Fili are well built; their psychologies are well developed. We see so many little, stupid movies these days ("little" even if sometimes pumped with tons of money). So far, 6 1/2 would be my vote. Maybe 7. Why 8? Because of the open ending. Because this movie reminds us that it's all about war. The army doesn't exist for anything else. Jokes, brainless things, and then, suddenly... something completely unexpected could happen! Especially in Italy, we forget it too often. Almost always. We think to the military service as an incredibly boring year wasted doing completely senseless things in a crazy environment. Yeah, this is usually true (it has been so for me and all my friends, at least), but we absolutely must remember what it's all about: war.