The Solitude of Prime Numbers (2010) La solitudine dei numeri primi (original title)

Director:

Saverio Costanzo

Writers:

Paolo Giordano (story) &
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Release Date:

10 September 2010 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Skiing | Year 2008 | Outcast | Violet The Flower | Leg Scar

Awards:

5 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Alba Rohrwacher	...	Adult Alice Della Rocca
Luca Marinelli	...	Adult Mattia Balossino
Martina Albano	...	Young Alice
Vittorio Lomartire	...	Teenage Mattia
Arianna Nastro	...	Young Alice
Tommaso Neri	...	Young Mattia
Isabella Rossellini	...	Adele
Roberto Sbaratto	...	Pietro Balossino
Maurizio Donadoni	...	Umberto Della Rocca
Giorgia Senesi	...	Elena
Aurora Ruffino	...	Viola Bai
Giorgia Pizzo	...	Young Michela
Filippo Timi	...	Clown
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martina Scimone	...	Girl in disco (uncredited)

Directed by
Saverio Costanzo

Writing credits
Paolo Giordano		(story and screenplay) &
Saverio Costanzo		(story and screenplay)
Paolo Giordano		(novel)
Filippo Timi		(screenplay collaboration) uncredited

Produced by
Mario Gianani	....	producer
Philipp Kreuzer	....	producer
Gilbert Möhler	....	line producer
Olivia Sleiter	....	executive producer
Anne-Dominique Toussaint	....	producer

Original Music by
Mike Patton

Cinematography by
Fabio Cianchetti

Film Editing by
Francesca Calvelli

Casting by
Jorgelina Depetris Pochintesta

Production Design by
Marina Pinzuti Ansolini
Rinaldo Geleng

Costume Design by
Antonella Cannarozzi

Makeup Department
Alessandro Bertolazzi	....	makeup department head
Marzia Colomba	....	assistant hair stylist
Massimo Gattabrusi	....	hair designer
Marta Roggero	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Alessandro Baragli	....	post-production supervisor
Fulvio Rossi	....	production supervisor
Andrea Tavani	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Camilla Volpato	....	assistant director

Art Department
Erminio Lauri	....	digital artist
Paolo Nanni	....	on-set props
Alessia Torselli	....	assistant art director
Jeremias Urban	....	props

Sound Department
Axel Arft	....	sound mixer: Germany
Gianluca Basili	....	sound effects editor
Sergio Basili	....	foley artist
Roberto Cappannelli	....	sound re-recording mixer
Antonio Dolce	....	boom operator
Oliver Hemm	....	boom operator: Germany
Gabriele Moretti	....	sound editor
Gabriele Moretti	....	sound mixer
Antonio Tirinelli	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Tiberio Angeloni	....	special effects technician
Massimiliano Bianchi	....	special effects technician
Pasquale Catalano	....	special effects
Paolo Galiano	....	special effects technician
Andrea Luciani	....	special effects technician
Fabio Traversari	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Andrea Baracca	....	digital color timing
Luca Della Grotta	....	digital artist
Francesco Antonio Maggi	....	digital compositor
Stefano Marinoni	....	visual effects supervisor
Rodolfo Migliari	....	visual effects artist
Federica Nisi	....	visual effects coordinator
Paola Trisoglio	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
Roberta Bruni	....	stunt double
Alessandro Novelli	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Alessandro Novelli	....	stunts
Emiliano Novelli	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Luigi Andrei	....	camera and steadicam operator
Alessio Bastianelli	....	assistant camera
Claudio Frollano	....	gaffer
Alessio Federico Fugolo	....	grip
Alias Gallione	....	second assistant camera
Simone Martinetto	....	still photographer
Giovanni Tancredi	....	gaffer
Thomas Thiele	....	best boy electrician: germany
Paolo Tiberti	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Andrea Baracca	....	colorist
Claudio Misantoni	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Giuliana Claudione	....	assistant cashier
Lucille Cristaldi	....	script supervisor
Federica De Vita	....	payroll
Alessandro Luzi	....	cashier
Livia Pastorelli	....	accountant
Marta Spedaletti	....	backstage
Alfredo Visconti	....	production staff

Thanks
Marco Bellocchio	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Offside
• Bavaria Pictures
• Les Films des Tournelles
• Le Pacte
• Medusa Film (in collaboration with)
• Sky Cinema (in collaboration with)
• Eurimages (support)
• ZDF Enterprises (support)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (support)
• Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) (support)
• Film Commission Torino-Piemonte (support)

Distributors

• ABC Distribution (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• ABC Distribution (2010) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Le Pacte (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Magyarhangya (2011) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Medusa Distribuzione (2010) (Italy) (theatrical)
• NFP Marketing & Distribution (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Alambique Destilaria de Ideias Unipessoal (2011) (Portugal) (all media)
• Alta Films (2013) (Spain) (all media)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Homescreen (2011) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2011) (Luxembourg) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Ghost SFX

Other Companies

• Filmissimo  extras casting
• Fuji Kine Film Vertriebsgesellschaft  film stock
• Garderobe Leipzig  costume rental
• Ipecac Recordings  soundtrack publisher
• Mecon Media Concept  extras payroll
• Moloko Catering  catering
• New Digital  sound effects track

Also Known As:

"La solitudine dei numeri primi" - Italy (original title)

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

Italy | Germany | France

Language:

Italian | German | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Italy:T | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Thuringia, Germany

Company:

Offside

Movie Connections:

Referenced in To Rome with Love (2012)

Soundtrack:

Theme from 'L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo'

Great Movie, faithful to the book as much as it was possible for it to be.

I watched this movie having waited for it almost since i heard a movie was going to be made about the book, and usually, personally at least, whenever i watch a movie based on a book i find it rather disappointing, however this is one of the few times i must say the contrary.

The setting is perfect, the distorted reality of being so far yet so close that is beautifully narrated in the book is spot on in the movie, and both characters are played beautifully by the leads, they captured every feeling, every expression and every look that the book conveys and put it on screen, however i must say that if one is to truly enjoy this movie one should read the book before as it is not very fast paced a movie and the frequent time jumps in movie will confuse a person, but for the ones who have read the book it will make perfect sense, and as a final word the ending is, in my opinion, (even thought it differs from the book) is how the book should have ended.