Aman, a 20 year-old Somali boy who grew up in Rome, works in a secondhand
car store. Since he suffers from insomnia, during the night he is used
to cruise through the Esquiline Hill streets, between the Termini Railway
Station and Vittorio Emanuele Square. One of those nights, he secretly goes
up to the balcony of an apartment building, and there he meets Teodoro, a
40 years old ex boxer with an obscure past. The two become friends and
little by little this friendship turns into a strongly ambiguous relation. Teodoro
uses the boy for his own purpose, but Aman, in turn, foresees in this relation
a chance of social redemption.
Screenplay: Heidrun Schleef, Diego Ribon, Claudio Noce
Cinematography: Michele
D’Attanasio
Editing: Andrea Maguolo
Music: Valerio Vigliar
Sound: Mirko Perri
Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Said Sabrie, Anita
Caprioli, Amin Nur, Giordano De Plano, Adamo
Dionisi, Sandra Toffolati, Rino Diana
Prizes and selections:
Mostra Interazionale d’Arte Cinematografica di
Venezia 2009 (International Critics’ Week)
Production:
DNA Cinematografica
(Rome,
T +39 0639388451;
info@dnacinematografica.com)
Co-Production:
Rai Cinema
(Rome, T +39 06684701; F +39 066871638; info.raicinema@rai.it; www.raicinema.it)
Relief Srl
Distribution:
Cinecittà Luce
(Rome, T +39 06722861;
F +39 067221883; www.cinecitta.com)
Nuovo Cinema Aquila - 12 Nov, 20.30
Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Cinema) - 13 Nov, 16.30