Dopo mezzanotte (2004)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Davide Ferrario

Writer:

Davide Ferrario (writer)

Release Date:

23 April 2004 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

The magical Mole Antonelliana (the cavernous Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy) is the setting for a very unlikely love story...

Plot Keywords:

Museum | Cinema | Fast Food | Love Triangle | Turin

Awards:

7 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Giorgio Pasotti	...	Martino
Francesca Inaudi	...	Amanda
Fabio Troiano	...	The Angel of Falchera
Francesca Picozza	...	Barbara
Silvio Orlando	...	Narrator
Pietro Eandi	...	Martino's Grandfather
Andrea Romero	...	Fast Food Owner
Giampiero Perone	...	Bruno the Night Watchman
Francesco D'Alessio	...	Member of the Falchera's Gang
Gianni Talia	...	Member of the Falchera's Gang
Andrea Moretti	...	Member of the Falchera's Gang
Gianna Cavalla	...	The Car Receiver
Claudio Pagano	...	The Car Receiver's Bodyguard
Maurizio Vaiana	...	Cousin Maurizio
Ladis Zanini	...	The Ballsqueezer
Ivan Negro	...	Ivan
Lidia Streito Misdim	...	Indonesian Girl
Alberto Barbera	...	The Museum Director

Directed by
Davide Ferrario

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Davide Ferrario		writer

Produced by
Ladis Zanini	....	line producer

Original Music by
Fabio Barovero
Banda Ionica
Daniele Sepe

Cinematography by
Dante Cecchin

Film Editing by
Claudio Cormio

Production Design by
Francesca Bocca

Production Management
Federico Mazzola	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luca Grivet Brancot	....	assistant director

Art Department
Luisa Iemma	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Marco Giacomelli	....	sound editor
Andrea Lancia	....	sound supervisor
Gianni Sardo	....	sound
Nick Watson	....	sound consultant: Dolby

Visual Effects by
Ilenia De Santis	....	online editor/colorist

Camera and Electrical Department
Antonio Scappatura	....	second assistant camera
Marco Sgorbati	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Mauro Vicentini	....	on-line editor

Thanks
Valentina Conti	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Rossofuoco

Distributors

• Bright Angel Distribution (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Medusa Produzione (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Océan Films (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Telexcel (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Avatar Films (2004) (USA) (all media)
• Palisades Pictures (2004) (USA) (all media)
• Total Film Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Also Known As:

After Midnight (International: English title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Italy:T | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:M18 | USA:Unrated | UK:15 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Company:

Rossofuoco

Movie Connections:

Features The Scarecrow (1920)

After Midnight

This film is a treat for all cinema lovers. This quirky comedy and love story about a modern Buster Keaton-like character takes place in the amazing Mole Museum of Cinematography in Torino, Italy—a place that is now on my list of places to visit. As the narrator informs us, this is story just as much about places as it is people. A sense of nostalgia weaves the film together with elements of classic silent film techniques, quirky slapstick comedy and expressionism.

3 different film formats are used in shooting this film. The combination of 35mm, digital video and 9.5mm make this film a feast for the eyes. Ferrario utilizes the ever-classic iris in and iris out transition effect as a delightful homage to Keaton and other classic filmmakers of the day. He cleverly draws parallels between the characters in the film and characters in the classic films by cross-cutting between clips of Keaton and a German expressionist film (i don't believe i can't remember which one) and the main characters Martino (Giorgio Pasotti) and Amanda (Francessa Inaudi). The unbalanced lines in the mise- en-scene give a sort of throw back to expressionism, which works well in representing the character of Amanda.

Ferrario makes many different allusions that are fun to connect, such as Fitzgerald's "eyes of TJ Eckelburg, Fibonacci's numbers, and of course the works of Buster Keaton. In and out this film is just a joy to watch. Stylistic, yet simple, and if nothing else charming.