Cover boy: L'ultima rivoluzione (2006)

Cover-boy (low-budget film shot in the Sony digital HDV format and transfert on 35mm. feature film) is the story of the friendship between Ioan (Eduard Gabia) and Michele (Luca Lionello) ... See full synopsis »

Director:

Carmine Amoroso

Writers:

Carmine Amoroso, Filippo Ascione

Stars:

Eduard Gabia, Luca Lionello, Chiara Caselli

3 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Eduard Gabia	...	Ioan
Luca Lionello	...	Michele
Chiara Caselli	...	Laura
Luciana Littizzetto	...	Padrona di casa
Francesco Dominedò	...	Mimmo
Gabriel Spahiu	...	Florin - padre di Ioan
Alina Petrescu	...	Madre di Ioan
Razvan Cacoveanu	...	Ioan bambino
Walter D'Errico	...	FFSS Station Manager
Rolando Matsangos	...	Bogdan
Susan Lay	...	Gea

Storyline

Cover-boy (low-budget film shot in the Sony digital HDV format and transfert on 35mm. feature film) is the story of the friendship between Ioan (Eduard Gabia) and Michele (Luca Lionello) respectively Romanian and Italian... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

male prostitution | romanian | gay interest | male frontal nudity | immigration

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [it]

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

21 March 2008 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Az utolsó forradalom

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

€1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paco Cinematografica, Filand, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Well observed and acted; somewhat uninvolved

This film is about a east European coming to the west and finding the streets aren't paved with gold. The acting is good and the scenes credible and well observed. The camera work is particularly fresh and strong. What stops me giving it a higher score is that it is closer to a fly on the wall everyday documentary than a drama. Little very unexpected or unusual happens and the life of an unemployed homeless migrant worker doesn't make for that interesting a documentary. Scenes aren't linked well together and where dramatic things do happen, they are not developed in the scene, the film just quickly passes on to something else. So I think the film maker is really talented but does need to get better scripts from somewhere.