Radiofreccia (1998)

Looking back at stories and myths of an Italian small town in the mid-70s.

Director:

Luciano Ligabue

Writers:

Luciano Ligabue (book), Luciano Ligabue (screenplay)

Stars:

Stefano Accorsi, Luciano Federico, Alessio Modica

8 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stefano Accorsi	...	Ivan 'Freccia' Benassi
Luciano Federico	...	Bruno Jori
Alessio Modica	...	Iena
Enrico Salimbeni	...	Tito
Roberto Zibetti	...	Boris
Francesco Guccini	...	Adolfo
Patrizia Piccinini	...	Marzia
Serena Grandi	...	Madre di Ivan
Cristina Moglia	...	Cristina
Cosima Coccheri	...	Ragazza della droga
Paolo Maria Scalondro	...	Carlo
Little Taver	...	Kingo
Manuel Maggioli	...	Bonanza
Paolo Cremonini	...	Omero
Ottorino Ferrari	...	Pluto

Storyline

Five friends Freccia, Bruno, Tito, Jena and Boris are very keen on music but they live in a little town in northern Italy and spend most of their days at the local bar. They decide to set up an independent radio which soon becomes the voice of a generation. When Freccia dies from an overdose the radio takes his name.

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Plot Keywords:

friendship | radio | italy | small town | told in flashback | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Fandango Films (Italian)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

16 October 1998 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Radio Arrow

Filming Locations:

Correggio, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

ITL 5,000,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fandango, Medusa Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The actress playing bartender Adolfo's daughter for a few seconds at the end of the movie is his real life daughter.

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Connections

References The Wind and the Lion (1975)

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Soundtracks

Long Train Running
Written by Tom Johnston
Performed by The Doobie Brothers

User Reviews

Province life

"Radiofreccia" is still a good surprise in Italian cinema. The film is based on a book of Italian songwriter Luciano Ligabue, who also directs the movie and writes the music score -of course.

The film is a portrait of north Italian province life, in the Emilia Romagna region. We're in 1975, the time of the first free radios -one of the boys of the movie creates "Radioraptus". Youth wishes, friendship, love, sex, individual dramas and unemployment are among the themes, but the film speaks also about drugs -Freccia, the main character, is a victim of heroin slavery.

Without being boring and moralist, the story flows very well; the spontaneity of actors is strong and the way of directing as well. Obviously Luciano "Liga" Ligabue is neither Fellini nor a movie professional, first of all he's a musician. But he succeeds in making a good product. Unfortunately he'll not repeat the success with his second movie "Da zero a dieci" -not good at all.

In "Radiofreccia" actors are generally not very famous, the only star is Stefano Accorsi -one of the most popular young Italian actors. See in a small role another Italian songwriter -Francesco Guccini, he's the nice communist barman and football trainer!