La buca
Money Buddies
La buca
Italy / Switzerland, September 2014
FILM,
Fiction,
90 min.
- directed by
- Daniele Ciprì
- Written by
- Alessandra Acciai, Daniele Ciprì, Massimo Gaudioso, Miriam Rizzo
- Status
- In distribution
A shaggy dog becomes the unwitting trigger for the collision of two disordered and precarious human existences. Bitten by the animal, moody and shady lawyer Oscar wants to profit from the incident by suing its unfortunate owner, Armando. When the conniving lawyer discovers that Armando is in fact fresh out of jail, where he served thirty years for a crime he didn’t commit, the goal changes and the stakes are raised: why not instigate a lawsuit against the state and claim millions? While searching for clues and proof, an unlikely and entertaining friendship is born.
Un cane arruffato diventa inconsapevole pretesto dell’incontro di due umanità disordinate e precarie. Morso dall’animale, Oscar, avvocato burbero sempre alla ricerca di spunti truffaldini, vuole trarre profitto dall’incidente e fare causa al malcapitato proprietario, Armando. Quando però Oscar scopre che Armando è in realtà un povero disgraziato appena uscito di galera dopo aver ingiustamente scontato una pena di 30 anni, la posta in gioco si alza: perché non intentare una causa milionaria ai danni dello Stato? Alla ricerca di indizi, tra i due nasce un’amicizia improbabile e divertente.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2014
- Original Version
- Italian (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 90 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-CA61-0000-W-0000-0000-F
- Production
- Passione Entertainment srl, Imagofilm Lugano, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
- Producer
- Villi Hermann, Michela Pini, Gabriella de Gara, Alessandra Acciai, Giorgio Magliulo
- directed by
- Daniele Ciprì
- Written by
- Alessandra Acciai, Daniele Ciprì, Massimo Gaudioso, Miriam Rizzo
- Cinematography
- Daniele Ciprì
- Editing
- Giogiò Franchini
- Sound Editing
- Riccardo Studer, Lilio Rosato
- Sound Design
- Riccardo Studer, Lilio Rosato
- Re-Recording Mix
- Felix Bussmann
- Music
- Zeno Gabaglio
- Location Sound Mix
- Christophe Giovannoni
- Production Design
- Marco Dentici, Paola Genni
- Lighting Design
- Domenico Caiuli, Andrea de Stoutz
- Costumes
- Grazia Colombini
- Casting
- Michela Pini, Amel Soudani
Cast
Rocco Papaleo as Armando
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Carmen
Sonia Gessner as Signorina Monterosa
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- The Match Factory
Worldwide Distribution
- Italy
- Lucky Red S.r.l. Distribution
- Switzerland
-
MFD Morandini Film Distribution
Distribution
Release date: 25.09.2014
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Pune, 14th Pune International Film Festival
14.01.2016 - 21.01.2016 -
Shanghai, Shanghai International Film Festival
13.06.2015 - 21.06.2015 -
Beijing, 5th Beijing International Film Festival
16.04.2015 - 23.04.2015 -
Solothurn, 50. Solothurner Filmtage
22.01.2015 - 29.01.2015