smoKings

Italy / Switzerland, April 2014
FILM, Documentary, 90 min.

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directed by
Michele Fornasero
Written by
Michele Fornasero
Status
In distribution

The Messina brothers are Yesmoke, a little tobacco company based in Turin, Italy. Originally Yesmoke was an online store for cheap cigarettes, selling mainly Philip Morris to millions of customers around the world. When sales reached over one hundred million a year, “Big Tobacco” sued them for USD 550 million, obligating them to shut their website down. As a result, the two brothers decided to build their own cigarette manufacturing company in the outskirts of Turin, taking the fight to Philip Morris in an effort to level the playing field.

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World Premiere
April 2014
Original Version
Italian, English, German (english subtitles),  colour, DCP, 90 min.
Production
Indyca, ventura film sa, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Simone Catania, Elda Guidinetti, Andres Pfaeffli
directed by
Michele Fornasero
Written by
Michele Fornasero
Cinemato­graphy
Paolo Ferrari
Editing
Jesper Osmund, Marco Rezoagli
Sound Editing
Davide Favargiotti
Re-Recording Mix
Davide Favargiotti
Music
Giorgio Giampa
Location Sound Mix
Gigi Miniotti

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Film Harbour

Worldwide Distribution

Italy
I Wonder Distribution
Release date: 19.03.2015

Awards

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  • Nyon, Visions du Réel, Prix de postproduction C-Side pour le meilleur film suisse toutes sections confondues 2014 (Winner)

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