| Ernesto Mahieux | ... | Peppino Profeta | |
| Valerio Foglia Manzillo | ... | Valerio | |
| Elisabetta Rocchetti | ... | Deborah | |
| Lina Bernardi | ... | Deborah's Mother | |
| Pietro Biondi | ... | Deborah's Father | |
| Bernardino Terracciano | ... | Boss | |
| Marcella Granito | ... | Manuela | |
| Giuseppe Arena | ... | Workshop's Owner | |
| Vincenzo Puocci | ... | Gangbanger #1 | |
| Renato Puocci | ... | Gangbanger #2 | |
| Valentino Puocci | ... | Gangbanger #3 | |
| Antonella Lori | ... | Boss's Wife | |
| Aldo Leonardi | ... | Deborah's Boss | |
| Nadia Carlomagno | ... | Peppino's Friend #1 | |
| Rita Brugnoli | ... | Peppino's Friend #2 | |
| Livia Rasetti | ... | Peppino's Friend #3 | |
| Salvatore Felaco | ... | Dead #1 | |
| Ferdinando Iannucci | ... | Dead #2 | |
| Rosario J. Gnolo | ... | Entrepreneur | |
| Carlo Del Sorbo | ... | Undertaker | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Francesco Apolloni | ... | Mechanic (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Matteo Garrone | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Ugo Chiti | (story and screenplay) & | |
| Massimo Gaudioso | (story and screenplay) & | |
| Matteo Garrone | (story and screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Domenico Procacci | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Banda Osiris | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Marco Onorato | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Marco Spoletini | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Paolo Bonfini | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Francesca Leondeff | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Rudia Cascione | .... | makeup artist | |
| Bruno Conzadori | .... | hair stylist | |
| Claudia Marini | .... | hair stylist | |
| Isabella Morelli | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Sandra Bonacchi | .... | unit manager | |
| Gianluca Chiaretti | .... | unit manager | |
| Luigi Lagrasta | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Adriano Chiarelli | .... | first assistant director | |
| Salvatore Sansone | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Sergio Cuvato | .... | propman | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Paolo Ricci | .... | special effects | |
| Sergio Stivaletti | .... | special effects | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Fabrizio Pistone | .... | digital artist | |
| Gian Luca Rizzo | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Fabrizio Storaro | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Giovanni Angeletti | .... | generator operator | |
| Antonio Celeste | .... | second camera operator | |
| Fabio Clemente | .... | key grip | |
| Amerigo Crispi | .... | grip | |
| Regine de Lazarris | .... | assistant camera | |
| Massimo Dechellis | .... | electrician (as Massimo De Chellis) | |
| Matteo Garrone | .... | camera operator | |
| Alessandro Gelmini | .... | grip | |
| Giampiero Manea | .... | generator operator | |
| Michele Mattone | .... | electrician | |
| Marco Metaglini | .... | grip | |
| Claudio Nardi | .... | electrician | |
| Simone Pierini | .... | assistant camera | |
| Emiliano Pilliu | .... | electrician | |
| Claudio Serantoni | .... | grip | |
| Marcello Tallone | .... | chief electrician | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Mario Cinotti | .... | assistant editor | |
| Paola Traverso | .... | assistant editor | |
| Neri Nazzareno | .... | final colorist (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Gianluigi Carlone | .... | musician: sax, keyboard | |
| Roberto Carlone | .... | musician: trombone | |
| Carlo Macrì | .... | musician: tuba, drums | |
| Enrico Rava | .... | musician: trumpet | |
| Roberto Vernetti | .... | programming | |
Other crew | |||
| Fabio Boccoli | .... | assistant production secretary | |
| Sandra Bonacchi | .... | assistant unit manager | |
| Barbara Cirulli | .... | cashier | |
| Gianni Di Gregorio | .... | continuity | |
| Salvatore Giliberto | .... | cashier | |
| Gaia Narcisi | .... | production secretary | |
| Alessandro Sogliuzzo | .... | assistant unit manager | |
| Daniela Staffa | .... | press agent | |
| Claudio Zampetti | .... | production accountant | |
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Definitely not a movie for everyone. I looked for this movie immediately after seeing the most recent Garrone feature, Primo Amore (First Love) currently in the Festival circuit.
The structure of the movies is non surprisingly very similar: a love story that transcends understanding and plays with common notions of relationship and sexuality, eventually trespassing into obsession. Again Garrone starts from a true story, but tries to make something universal, abstracting it from time (no modern technology) and space. The geography of the action is clear (well, at least to Italian) but the beautiful photography transforms the landscape into chiaroscuro paintings of foggy uncertainty. Ernesto Mahieux is the perfect choice for the central character-- a strong although somewhat physically stunted, madly in love protagonist.
This is one movie that is difficult to classify: it's not a thriller, and very few will consider this a love story, although it borrows elements from both genres to construct something unique that gets under the skin of the spectator. Think Fellini and Lynch, but without the gratuitous weirdness. A little gem, for the few who will get it.