La bocca del lupo (2009)

The story of a criminal Vincenzo and his transsexual lover Mary, who waited for him for many years while he served his prison sentence.

Director:

Pietro Marcello

Stars:

Vincenzo Motta, Mary Monaco, Franco Leo

9 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vincenzo Motta	...	Himself
Mary Monaco	...	Herself
Franco Leo	...	Narrator (voice)
Stefano Carappa	...	Himself
Anna Massa	...	Herself
Antonio Micheletti	...	Himself
Andrea Cambi	...	Himself
Adriano Rossi	...	Himself
Sara Trombetti	...	Herself
Michela Jugovich	...	Herself
Domenico Fertini	...	Himself
Claudio Coppola	...	Himself
Roberto Polloni	...	Himself
Anita Lee	...	Herself
Ursula Salvo	...	Herself

Storyline

The story of a criminal Vincenzo and his transsexual lover Mary, who waited for him for many years while he served his prison sentence.

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Plot Keywords:

black and white scene | voice over | director on camera | city | collective memory | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [France]

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

15 February 2010 (Italy)

Also Known As:

A Boca do Lobo

Filming Locations:

Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

€100,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Indigo Film,Avventurosa,Rai Cinema

Technical Specs

Runtime:

68 min

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title is taken from a novel by Remigio Zena (1892).

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Connections

References Bambi (1942)

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Soundtracks

L'Eau à la Bouche
Music by Serge Gainsbourg and Alain Goraguer
Lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg
Performed by Serge Gainsbourg

User Reviews

Messy, incoherent and ultimately tedious.

I went to see this film last night at the Melbourne International Film Festival. I must admit that the only reason I went was that the film is set in the city I was born and where I lived for the first two decades of my life. The story of Mary and Enzo was interesting and could have been very poignant. However, it was engulfed by a messy and incoherent collection of images from a bygone era which made no sense at all and added nothing to the story. It felt like a film student project where the student had been given full access to old footage and went for broke. It was obvious that the film attempted to recreate the poetic atmosphere of a Terence Davies production. In Davies's films all the component work harmoniously together. In this case, all the components fell apart and crushed loudly against the rocky beaches of the Genoese coastline. And sadly, the power of the story of Many and Enzo was weakened by the effort.