Il mangiatore di pietre
The Stone Eater
Der Steingänger
Switzerland / Italy, September 2018
FILM,
Fiction,
109 min.
- directed by
- Nicola Bellucci
- Written by
- Hans W. Geissendörfer, Marco Colli, Nicola Bellucci
- Status
- In distribution
Cesare, a former human trafficker, finds the corpse of his nephew Fausto a remote Piedmont valley. In search of the murderer, he himself is suspected. He is also pressured by a young, rebellious villager: Sergio, who wants to escape from the valley and his father, wants to bring refugees abandoned on an alp across the border. In order to help the boy and the refugees, Cesare confronts his fate…
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2018
- Original Version
- Italian (french/english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 109 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-96FC-0000-P-0000-0000-0
- Production
- Cineworx Filmproduktion GmbH, Achab Film Srl., RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
- Producer
- Pascal Trächslin, Enzo Porcelli
- directed by
- Nicola Bellucci
- Written by
- Hans W. Geissendörfer, Marco Colli, (Based on the novel by Davide Longo) Nicola Bellucci (Based on the novel by Davide Longo)
- Cinematography
- Simon Guy Fässler
- Editing
- Roberto Missiroli
- Location Sound Mix
- Patrick Becker
- Sound Editing
- Mirko Fabbri
- Sound Design
- Oswald Schwander
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jörg Höhne
- Music
- Teho Teardo
- Production Design
- Sara B. Weingart
- Lighting Design
- Peter Demmer
- Costumes
- Nicoletta Taranta
- Casting
- Roberta Corrirossi
Cast
Luigi Lo Cascio as Cesare
Vincenzo Crea as Sergio
Ursina Lardi as Sonia di Meo
Bruno Todeschini as Ettore
Leonardo Nigro as Boerio
Lidiya Liberman as Ania
Elena Radonicich as Adele
Peppe Servillo as Antonio
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Coccinelle Film Placement
Worldwide Distribution
- Italy
-
Achab Film Srl.
Distribution
Release date: 18.07.2019 - Switzerland
-
Cineworx GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 04.04.2019
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Solothurn, 54. Solothurner Filmtage
24.01.2019 - 31.01.2019 -
Torino, 36° Torino Film Festival
23.11.2018 - 01.12.2018 -
Zurich, 14. Zurich Film Festival
27.09.2018 - 07.10.2018