Adored (2003)

Set in the south of France, Riki Kandinski and his elder brother Fredrico, come back to their family castle for their father's funeral. They haven't seen each other in a long time and ... See full summary »

Director:

Marco Filiberti

Writers:

Marco Filiberti, Italo Moscati (script revisions)

Stars:

Luigi Diberti, Francesca d'Aloja, Claudio Vanni

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luigi Diberti	...	Rod Lariani
Francesca d'Aloja	...	Charlotte
Claudio Vanni	...	Claudio Alatri
Alessandra Acciai	...	Juli
Rosalinda Celentano	...	Luna
Erika Blanc	...	Angela Valle (as Erica Blanc)
Urbano Barberini	...	Federico Soldani
Marco Filiberti	...	Riki Kandinsky / Riccardo Soldani
Edoardo Minciotti	...	Plapla
Daniele Macavini	...	Guillaume / Federico a 9 anni (as Daniele Mocavini)
Gabriele Mainetti	...	Pietro, a 23 anni
Bruno Cariello	...	Raoul, il portiere
Massimiliano Delgado	...	Franz
Giuseppe Gravante	...	Raph Durante, pornostar
Adriano Evangelisti	...	Conduttore televisivo

Storyline

Set in the south of France, Riki Kandinski and his elder brother Fredrico, come back to their family castle for their father's funeral. They haven't seen each other in a long time and Fredrico knows nothing about his younger brother, but he notices that he is making big money and living in luxury all for a few days work a week. By pure chance, Fredrico gets his hands on a gay porn magazine and sees his brother in it. According to Riki, he's had more than six hundred men and only four women. The brothers who grew up apart will have to get to know another again but both their lives change drastically when they witness a woman's death in a car crash.

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Plot Keywords:

gay | castle | magazine | funeral | france | 

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Taglines:

Tender. Sparkling. Spellbinding.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Former Official site for the film - site no longer active. [United States] Official distributor's page for the film. [United States]

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian English French

Release Date:

20 July 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Adored

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Corsaro Productions,Campinella Productions,Zen Zero

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min 105 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Feature film debut of Claudio Vanni, who portrays Claudio Alatri.

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Connections

References The Wild One (1953)

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Soundtracks

Sonata per Tromba in Re Maggiore 2e Movimento (allegro)
Giuseppe Torelli (as Giuseppe Torelli)
Michel Cuvit, Tromba
Collegium Academicum de Genêve
Direttore: Roberto Dunand
Courtesy of Edito-Servico SA-CH, Genêve
by arrangement with Intituto Geografico De Agostini

User Reviews

Self-indulgent and ultimately boring

"Am I a egoist?" Riki asks several times in this excuse for a film. Well, I'm not sure about Riki, nor do I care, but I can tell you about Marco Filiberti. Not only is this an embarrassing ego trip for an aging celebrity (pretending to be 29, LOL), in the end "Riki" is the least interesting character here. The supporting cast and characters have much more depth and "freedom in their eyes." Filiberti looks like he's had plenty of work done, and he is not particularly attractive. What an ego trip! Did you notice that every other "porn star" in the film is hotter than he is? If I were him, I would have cast uglier, older men. The cast must LOVE him to give him such an embarrassingly egoistic vehicle.