Piazza delle cinque lune (2003)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Renzo Martinelli

Writers:

Fabio Campus (writer)
Renzo Martinelli (writer)

Release Date:

9 May 2003 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Politician | Years Of Lead | Kidnapping | Italy | Italian Intelligence

Cast

Donald Sutherland	...	Rosario Sarracino
Giancarlo Giannini	...	Branco
Stefania Rocca	...	Fernanda
Aisha Cerami	...	Ombretta
F. Murray Abraham	...	Entita'
Greg Wise	...	Francesco Doni
Nicola Di Pinto	...	Antiquario
Federica Martinelli	...	Tecnico informatico
Philippe Leroy	...	Barista
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pino Calabrese	...	Marini
Pietro Ghislandi
Ruby Kammer	...	Daughter of Fernanda
Massimo Tellini	...	Terrorista
Massimiliano Ubaldi	...	1° attentatore killer
Massimo Vanni	...	Terrorista

Also Known As:

Five Moons Plaza (International: English title)
Five Moons Square (Australia)

Runtime:

Brazil:115 min | Italy:90 min

Country:

Italy | UK

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Company:

Blue Spice Film Ltd.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Judge Sarracini looks at a painting in a shop and says it's a piece made by a Lorenzetti's follower in XIV century. Actually the style is obviously later, at least XV century or Renaissance.

didn't they have better things to do?

Good photography and visual effects don't save this movie from being really ugly. That's it.

After decades, the kidnapping of Italian politician Aldo Moro still has mysterious sides. It would have been nice to see something like JFK by Oliver Stone, with an accurate reconstruction of facts, and the director guiding us toward the truth about it (or at least some believable hypothesis), in a clear and logical way, as to be understood even by those who are not familiar with the facts. But what comes out here is half a thriller, a low quality one that falls in every cliché of its genre but that is not exciting at all, and half a confused documentary, with the characters giving us a huge amount of hard to place details. And even though the theory exposed is absolutely believable, the characters' research is still based upon FICTIONAL proof, as the reel of footage they examine doesn't actually exist…

So I think I still don't get this: what was the point of making such a movie? With all my respect for the very talented actors who played it, didn't they have better things to do??