I'm Not Scared (2003) Io non ho paura (original title)

Director:

Gabriele Salvatores

Writers:

Niccolò Ammaniti (novel)
Niccolò Ammaniti (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

14 March 2003 (Italy)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Secrets. Betrayal. Murder.

Plot:

A young boy accidentally discovers a deep hole in the ground, where another boy is kept prisoner.

Plot Keywords:

Boy | Friend | Fear | Chained | Kidnapping

Awards:

11 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Giuseppe Cristiano	...	Michele
Mattia Di Pierro	...	Filippo
Adriana Conserva	...	Barbara
Fabio Tetta	...	Teschio
Giulia Matturo	...	Maria
Stefano Biase	...	Salvatore
Fabio Antonacci	...	Remo
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón	...	Anna
Dino Abbrescia	...	Pino
Giorgio Careccia	...	Felice
Antonella Stefanucci	...	Assunta
Riccardo Zinna	...	Pietro
Michele Vasca	...	Candela
Susi Sánchez	...	Filippo's mother (as Susy Sánchez)
Diego Abatantuono	...	Sergio
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emilio Fede	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Gabriele Salvatores

Writing credits
Niccolò Ammaniti		(novel)
Niccolò Ammaniti		(screenplay) and
Francesca Marciano		(screenplay)

Produced by
Marco Chimenz	....	producer
Giovanni Stabilini	....	producer
Antonio Tacchia	....	line producer
Maurizio Totti	....	producer
Riccardo Tozzi	....	producer

Original Music by
Ezio Bosso
Pepo Scherman

Cinematography by
Italo Petriccione

Film Editing by
Massimo Fiocchi

Casting by
Fabiola Banzi
Fabio Scamoni

Production Design by
Giancarlo Basili

Art Direction by
Ivana Gargiulo

Costume Design by
Patrizia Chericoni
Florence Emir

Makeup Department
Luigi Ciminelli	....	key makeup artist
Fabrizio Nanni	....	hair stylist
Giovanna Turco	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Alessandro Baragli	....	post-production supervisor
Ferdinando Bonifazi	....	production manager
Attila Mancarella	....	production supervisor
Antonio Tacchia	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Barbara Daniele	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mirko Donati	....	property master
Cosimo Giannuzzi	....	construction coordinator
Elena Stanzani	....	painter

Sound Department
Tullio Arcangeli	....	sound effects editor
Daniela Bassani	....	sound editor
Piergiorgio De Luca	....	sound effects editor
Mauro Lazzaro	....	sound recordist
Danilo Moroni	....	sound mixer
Luca Novelli	....	boom operator
Massimo Puccio	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Dan Edelstein	....	supervising sound editor: US release (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Sergio Cremasco	....	colourist
Stefano Marinoni	....	visual effects supervisor
Federica Nisi	....	visual effects coordinator
Alex Ongaro	....	visual effects
Paola Trisoglio	....	visual effects producer

Camera and Electrical Department
Philippe Antonello	....	still photographer
Dario Badia	....	grip
Massimo Barbona	....	grip
Massimo Barbona	....	key grip
Mauro Blonna	....	video assist operator
Alessandro Chiara	....	camera operator
Daniele Circelli	....	electrician
Simone D'Onofrio	....	assistant camera
Fabio De Meis	....	gaffer
Luciano Durante	....	grip
Claudio Gallicchio	....	electrician
Giovanni Gebbia	....	Steadicam operator
Mauro Mura	....	electrician
Claudio Palmieri	....	assistant camera
Paolo Palmulli	....	grip
Roberto Ridolfi	....	electrician
Cristiano Trentini	....	electrician
Fabrizio Vicari	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carmen Agostinelli	....	key costumer (as Carmelina Agostinelli)

Editorial Department
Gianni Cerniglia	....	color technician
Pasquale Cuzzupoli	....	color supervisor
Pasquale Cuzzupoli	....	color timer
Anna del Dotto	....	second assistant editor
David Tomasini	....	assistant editor
Matt Garner	....	editorial consultant: US release (uncredited)

Music Department
Giovanni Arcadu	....	music supervisor
Goffredo Gibellini	....	score mix engineer

Other crew
Joshua Berman	....	co-production supervisor
Paola Bonelli	....	script supervisor
Bob Buchholz	....	english language director
Aurora Cancian	....	voice dubbing: Susi Sánchez
Paola Costa	....	production secretary
Roberto Luvisotti	....	production administrator
Matteo Tacchia	....	accountant
Patrizia Wachter	....	press attache

Production Companies

• Cattleya
• Medusa Film
• Colorado Film Production
• Alquimia Cinema
• The Producers Films
• Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC) (support)

Distributors

• Albatros Film (Japan) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• TFM Distribution (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Telexcel (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Capitol Films
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Imagem Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
• Medusa Distribuzione
• Medyavizyon (2004) (Turkey) (all media)
• Miramax Films (2004) (USA) (subtitled)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
• Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (2009) (USA) (TV)

Special Effects

• Digitalia Graphics S.r.l. (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Dream Sound  sound effects
• Panalight  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

"Io non ho paura" - Italy (original title)

MPAA:

Rated R for disturbing images and language

Runtime:

108 min | Canada:101 min | Argentina:107 min

Country:

Italy | Spain | UK

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Brazil:10 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:MA | Hong Kong:IIA | Taiwan:PG-12 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:12 | Italy:T | UK:15 | South Korea:12 | USA:TV-MA

Filming Locations:

Apulia, Italy

Company:

Cattleya

Trivia:

Salvatores interviewed nearly 600 boys for the part of Filippo, ultimately settling for novice Giuseppe Cristiano, the son of a Fiat car worker.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Michele first looks in the hole and finds Fillipo, his shirt changes from scene to scene from the red shirt he was wearing while playing with his friends that day to alternating with each camera shot to the white tank top that he is wearing the next day when he returns to the hole.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

Soundtrack:

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A Big Surprise

I saw this film on the Berlin film festival without having an idea of what may follow, and I was very surprised: this picture is one of the best, at least of this year.

A young boy, growing up in a little village somewhere in Italy, discovers an other young boy hiding in a small hole. Nobody in the whole village seems to know anything about him- but then the enigma around the discovery is revealed when the first boy listens hidden to a conversation about the second boy - and this conversation is held by his parents...

First of all: A great acted movie. The young actors are splendid. A good script too: very moody, and exciting too. Then I have to mention the very nice landscape in which the film is set, and the cinematography capturing it. And so on... a nearly perfect film, and you will do a good choice when seeing it! I do not like superlatives very much, but: 10 out of 10.