A timid dog groomer living in a poor suburb sells cocaine on the side and stays out of trouble, while trying to deal with his unstable, violent acquaintance who is a menace to the whole neighborhood.
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- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 40 wins & 31 nominations.
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Marcello Fonte | ... |
Marcello
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Edoardo Pesce | ... |
Simoncino
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Nunzia Schiano | ... |
Madre Simoncino
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Adamo Dionisi | ... |
Franco
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Francesco Acquaroli | ... |
Proprietario Videolottery
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Gianluca Gobbi | ... |
Proprietario Ristorante
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Alida Baldari Calabria | ... |
Alida
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Laura Pizzirani | ... |
Madre Alida
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Giancarlo Porcacchia | ... |
Gasparone
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Aniello Arena | ... |
Ispettore Polizia
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Mirko Frezza | ... |
Pusher
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Marco Perfetti | ... |
Pusher 2
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Vittorio Russo | ... |
Commerciante
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Gennaro Iannone | ... |
Commerciante
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Emanuele Barbalonga | ... |
Padrone Cane
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Daniele Saliceti | ... |
Presentatore Fiera
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Nelly Oliva | ... |
Presentatrice Fiera
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Miriam Platano | ... |
Angelo Night
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Directed by
Matteo Garrone |
Written by
Ugo Chiti | ... | (story) & |
Matteo Garrone | ... | (story) & |
Massimo Gaudioso | ... | (story) |
Ugo Chiti | ... | (screenplay) & |
Matteo Garrone | ... | (screenplay) & |
Massimo Gaudioso | ... | (screenplay) |
Marco Perfetti | ... | (collaborating writer) & |
Damiano D'Innocenzo | ... | (collaborating writer) (as Fratelli D'Innocenzo) & |
Fabio D'Innocenzo | ... | (collaborating writer) (as Fratelli D'Innocenzo) & |
Giulio Troli | ... | (collaborating writer) |
Produced by
Paolo Del Brocco | ... | producer |
Matteo Garrone | ... | producer |
Jean Labadie | ... | producer |
Alessio Lazzareschi | ... | executive producer |
Jeremy Thomas | ... | producer |
Music by
Michele Braga |
Cinematography by
Nicolai Brüel | ... | (as Nicolaj Brüel) |
Editing by
Marco Spoletini |
Editorial Department
Rosario Balistreri | ... | digital imaging supervisor |
Davide D'Angelo | ... | post-production coordinator |
Angelo Francavilla | ... | colorist |
Giuliana Sarli | ... | assistant editor |
Francesco Scazzosi | ... | on-set dailies colorist |
Claudio Trotti | ... | post production manager |
Monica Verzolini | ... | post-production supervisor |
Casting By
Francesco Vedovati |
Production Design by
Dimitri Capuani |
Art Direction by
Massimo Pauletto |
Set Decoration by
Giovanna Cirianni |
Costume Design by
Massimo Cantini Parrini |
Makeup Department
Dalia Colli | ... | key makeup artist |
Luigi D'Andrea | ... | prosthetics makeup artist |
Federica Emidi | ... | additional makeup artist |
Marta Iacoponi | ... | hair stylist |
Adua Servidio | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Lorenzo Tamburini | ... | prosthetic makeup designer |
Daniela Tartari | ... | key hair stylist |
Production Management
Gianluca Chiaretti | ... | production manager (as Gian Luca Chiaretti) |
Claudia Cravotta | ... | production manager / unit manager |
Luca De Giorgi | ... | second unit manager |
Gianni Di Prisco | ... | unit manager: Castel Volturno |
Guendalina Folador | ... | Production manager: Archimede Film |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Benedetta Barroero | ... | second assistant director |
Alessandro Borgese | ... | second unit director |
Nicola Di Robilant | ... | assistant director: pre-production |
Enrico Granato | ... | second second assistant director |
Ciro Scognamiglio | ... | first assistant director |
Andrea Tagliaferri | ... | first assistant director |
Paolo Trotta | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
Salvatore Austero | ... | handyman: Castel Volturno |
Giuseppe Cafagna | ... | painter / scenic painter |
Giuseppe Cafagna | ... | assistant scenic painter |
Paolo Carnevali | ... | handyman: Rome |
Carlo Chiaro | ... | propman: Castel Volturno |
Orlando Chiaro | ... | assistant property master |
Marco De Matteo | ... | graphic designer |
Luca De Stefano | ... | property master |
Alfonso Estatico | ... | handyman: Castel Volturno |
Luca Filaci | ... | designer |
Mario Fontana Arnaldi | ... | assistant production designer |
Gennaro Giaquinto | ... | assistant propman: Castel Volturno |
Michele Ignomeriello | ... | handyman: Rome |
Paolo Iudice | ... | propman: Rome |
Giuseppe Liotti | ... | storyboard artist |
Caterina Luvarà | ... | assistant set decorator |
Elio Martinoli | ... | assistant propman: Rome |
Arianna Pascazi | ... | scenic painter |
Pietro Scola Di Mambro | ... | concept artist |
Anna Seno | ... | second assistant set decorator |
Francesco Sereni | ... | Illustration Artist |
Marco Torresin | ... | junior designer |
Stefania Vigna | ... | assistant set decorator |
Pietro Scola Di Mambro | ... | poster artist (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Dario Di Vito | ... | sound post-production manager |
Mauro Eusepi | ... | foley artist |
Gabriele Fasano | ... | sound effects recordist |
Davide Favargiotti | ... | dialogue editor |
Jussi Honka | ... | second dialogue editor |
Marco Stephen Labruna | ... | foley artist assistant (as Marco Labruna) |
Maricetta Lombardo | ... | sound |
Michele Mazzucco | ... | re-recording mixer |
Alessandro Molaioli | ... | boom operator |
Mirko Perri | ... | sound designer |
Mattia Persico | ... | assistant sound effects editor |
Special Effects by
Fernando Sabelli | ... | special effects |
Simone Sabelli | ... | special effects |
Elio Terribili | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
Lena Di Gennaro | ... | visual effects coordinator |
Diego Di Paola | ... | digital compositor |
Gerard Diefenthal | ... | visual effects coordinator |
Valerio Maria Donati | ... | 3d artist |
Daphne Mereu | ... | visual effects coordinator |
Nair Midhun | ... | digital compositor (as Midhun) |
Rodolfo Migliari | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Alice Pace | ... | digital compositor |
Sara Paesani | ... | digital compositor |
Roberto Saba | ... | digital compositor |
Barbara Valente | ... | digital compositor |
Giovanni Ermes Vincenti | ... | digital compositor |
Stunts
Flavio Altissimi | ... | stunts |
Massimiliano Bagnaia | ... | stunt rigger (as Massimiliano Bagnania) |
Alessandro Borgese | ... | stunt coordinator |
Mauro Boschetti | ... | stunt rigger |
Emilian Gjoka | ... | stunt rigger |
Monaldo Monaldi | ... | stunt rigger |
Florian Rrotaj | ... | stunt rigger |
Camera and Electrical Department
Mauro Atzeri | ... | additional grip: Castel Volturno |
Emiliano Bambusi | ... | underwater camera |
Simone Barbona | ... | grip |
Alessandro Brambilla | ... | steadicam operator (as Alex Brambilla) |
Alessio Bramucci | ... | gaffer |
Valerio Brunelli | ... | additional electrician: Rome |
Nicolai Brüel | ... | camera operator (as Nicolaj Brüel) |
Valerio Cardelli | ... | electrician |
Lorenzo Catenacci | ... | underwater camera |
Aldo Chessari | ... | underwater camera |
Maurizio Cremisini | ... | underwater camera |
Greta de Lazzaris | ... | still photographer |
Roberto De Simoni | ... | underwater camera |
Manuel Durante | ... | construction grip: Rome |
Gennaro Gallo | ... | construction grip: Castel Volturno |
Matteo Garrone | ... | camera operator |
Salvatore Lanzuolo | ... | additional electrician: Castel Volturno |
Carolina Linera Krebs | ... | second assistant camera (as Carolina Krebs) |
Simone Lucchetti | ... | electrician |
Federico Marangoni | ... | construction grip: Rome |
Danilo Marcelli | ... | additional grip: Rome |
Flavio Meloni | ... | electrician: Rome |
Carlo Milto | ... | additional electrician: Castel Volturno |
Eleonora Patriarca | ... | first assistant camera |
Gennaro Patti | ... | additional electrician: Rome |
Giorgio Pezzotti | ... | key grip |
Mauro Pezzotti | ... | additional grip: Castel Volturno |
Carlo Postiglione | ... | grip |
Raffaele Prejanò | ... | additional grip: Castel Volturno |
Alessandro Russo | ... | additional electrician: Rome |
Lorenzo Sardini | ... | grip |
Francesco Scazzosi | ... | digital imaging technician |
Gregorio Schiariti | ... | underwater camera |
Euglen Sota | ... | videoassist |
Luciano Teolis | ... | underwater camera |
Ciro Tommasino | ... | electrician: Castel Volturno |
Jens Winkler | ... | underwater: dry tech |
Casting Department
Marcello Angelino | ... | extras casting |
Adriana Barbaro | ... | extra casting: Castel Volturno |
Adele Gallo | ... | extras casting |
Massimiliano Pacifico | ... | extras casting |
Sofia Peroni | ... | extras casting |
Aurelia Venusio Tamburrino | ... | extras casting: Rome (as Aurelia Tamburrino) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gloriana Manfra | ... | seamstress |
Cristina Pucci | ... | additional seamstress: Rome |
Alice Rinaldi | ... | second assistant costume designer |
Gisa Rinaldi | ... | additional seamstress: Rome |
Jessica Zambelli | ... | assistant costume designer |
Location Management
Raffaele Cortile | ... | location manager: Castel Volturno |
Paolo Gatti | ... | location manager: Rome |
Script and Continuity Department
Nicola Di Robilant | ... | continuity |
Transportation Department
Maurizio Agostinelli | ... | driver |
Maurizio Augelli | ... | driver |
Stefano Bertulli | ... | driver |
Dario De Cottis | ... | driver (as Dario De Cotiis) |
Gennaro Piscitelli | ... | driver (as Genny Piscitelli) |
Additional Crew
Gabriele Barcaro | ... | press agent: Italy |
Luigi Barometro | ... | assistant production secretary: Castel Volturno |
Laura Basile | ... | production coordinator |
Vincenzo Busiello | ... | assistant production secretary: Castel Volturno |
Fabiana Compagnucci | ... | cashier |
Letizia Corbi | ... | assistant production secretary: Rome |
Roberto De Sclavis | ... | permits: Rome |
Nunzia De Stefano | ... | director consultant |
Nicola Di Domenico | ... | assistant production secretary: Rome |
Carmine Esposito | ... | motorcycle assistant |
Vincenzo Falcone | ... | administrative consultant |
Marco Frasca | ... | legal consultant |
Rocco Gaudioso | ... | intern |
Alainée Kent | ... | development executive: Recorded Picture Company |
Chiara Leonardi | ... | intern |
Richard Lormand | ... | press agent: international |
Maichel Marchese | ... | assistant production secretary: Rome |
Daniela Merlo | ... | translator |
Costantino Migliaccio | ... | guard: Castel Volturno |
Carlo Miscoli | ... | administrator |
Stefano Moffa | ... | production secretary: Castel Volturno |
Alessandro Paolucci | ... | animal trainer |
Massimo Perla | ... | animal trainer |
Gaetano Polichetti | ... | assistant production secretary: Rome |
Juan Antonio Ramirez Francisco | ... | production accountant |
Ferdinando Scognamiglio | ... | assistant production secretary: Castel Volturno |
Lev Sordi | ... | production secretary: Rome |
Monica Sugoni | ... | animal trainer |
Maria Tilli | ... | backstage |
Pietro Vitolo | ... | assistant production secretary: Castel Volturno |
Eva Vivo | ... | assistant production secretary: Rome |
Morgan Von Eschen | ... | production staff |
Thanks
Edoardo Albinati | ... | thanks |
Serena Baldari | ... | thanks |
Marie Branellec | ... | thanks |
Maurizio Braucci | ... | thanks |
Marta Bulgherini | ... | thanks |
Irene Cocola | ... | thanks |
Fabio Langella | ... | thanks |
Veronica Lanteri | ... | thanks |
Susanna Nicchiarelli | ... | thanks |
Francesco Paolantonio | ... | thanks |
Sofia Peroni | ... | thanks |
Mattia Salvati | ... | thanks |
Giordano Toreti | ... | thanks |
Federico Troncarelli | ... | thanks |
Manon Villier | ... | thanks |
Silvia Zacchi | ... | thanks |
Flaminio Zadra | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
- Archimede
- Le Pacte
- Rai Cinema
- Canal+ (with the participation of)
- Ciné+ (with the participation of)
- L'Aide aux cinémas du monde (with the participation of)
- Eurimages (support)
- Regione Lazio (support)
- Film Commission Regione Campania (support)
- Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT) (support)
- Comune di Castel Volturno (support)
Distributors
- 01 Distribution (2018) (Italy) (theatrical)
- A-One Films (2018) (Estonia) (theatrical)
- A-One Films (2018) (Latvia) (theatrical)
- A-One Films (2018) (Russia) (theatrical)
- A-One Films (2019) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
- ADS Service (2019) (Hungary) (theatrical)
- Alamode Film (2018) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Arteplex Filmes (2019) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Camera Film (2019) (Denmark) (theatrical)
- Cine Colombia (2019) (Colombia) (theatrical)
- CinemArt (2018) (Czechia) (theatrical)
- Cinéart (2018) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Cinéart (2018) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- CinémArt (2018) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
- Cinépolis Distribución (2021) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Curzon Film Distributors (2018) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Curzon Film Distributors (2018) (Ireland) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Discovery Film & Video Distribution (2018) (Croatia) (theatrical)
- Feelgood Entertainment (2018) (Greece) (theatrical)
- First Distributors (2019) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Fivia (2018) (Slovenia) (theatrical)
- Impacto Cine (2019) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Impacto Cine (2019) (Chile) (theatrical)
- Kino Films (2019) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Le Pacte (2018) (France) (theatrical)
- Lev Cinemas (2018) (Israel) (theatrical)
- M2 Films (2018) (Poland) (theatrical)
- MC Distribution (2019) (Lebanon) (theatrical)
- Magnolia Pictures (2018) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- MegaCom Film (MCF) (2018) (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (theatrical)
- MegaCom Film (MCF) (2018) (Croatia) (theatrical)
- MegaCom Film (MCF) (2018) (Serbia) (theatrical)
- MegaCom Film (MCF) (2018) (Slovenia) (theatrical)
- Midas Filmes (2018) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Métropole Films Distribution (2019) (Canada) (theatrical)
- NonStop Entertainment (2019) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Pacífica Grey (2019) (Costa Rica) (theatrical)
- Palace Films (2018) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Proview Enterprises (2019) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
- Thimfilm Filmverleih (2018) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Time-In-Portrait Entertainment (2018) (China) (theatrical)
- Tour de Force (2018) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Voodoo Films (2019) (Romania) (theatrical)
- Xenix Filmdistribution (2018) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Zawya Distribution (2019) (Egypt) (theatrical)
- Alamode Film (2019) (Germany) (DVD) (and Blu-ray)
- Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (2019) (Germany) (DVD) (release through)
- Filmarti (2018) (Turkey)
- Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2018) (United Arab Emirates) (Middle East, North Africa & Iran)
- Karma Films (2018) (Spain)
- Midas Filmes (2018) (Portugal)
- Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2019) (Finland) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2020) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- BMG Rights Management (soundtrack)
- Cannes Film Festival (festival)
- Christa Kistner Synchronproduktion (post-production sound services) (German language version)
- D-Vision Movie People (camera, lighting, grip equipments provide by)
- Freeway CAM B.V. (collection account management)
- Movie Palace Srls (costume and wardrobe providor)
- Movie Palace (production services)
- Toronto International Film Festival (festival)
- Wildcat (digital dailies)
- Wildcat (on-set DIT services)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance. |
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Taglines | Everyone has a breaking point. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | EUR4,000,000 (estimated) |
Opening Weekend Italy | EUR566,442, 20 May 2018 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Director Matteo Garrone pushed Marcello Fonte to drink whiskey before performing some scenes, so that he could be more easily in the mood of his character. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Quel film che racconta la storia del "Canaro della Magliana" (2021). See more » |
Soundtracks | Glue See more » |