| Director: | Valerio Mastandrea |
|---|---|
| Production: | HT Film (Viola Prestieri, Valeria Golino), Damocle (Francesco Tatò, Oscar Glioti), Tenderstories (Moreno Zani, Malcom Pagani), Rai Cinema |
| Running Time: | 93' |
| Language: | Italian |
| Country: | Italy |
| Main Cast: | Valerio Mastandrea, Dolores Fonzi, Lino Musella, Giorgio Montanini, Justin Alexander Korovkin, Barbara Ronchi, Luca Lionello, and with Laura Morante |
| Screenplay: | Enrico Audenino, Valerio Mastandrea |
| Cinematographer: | Guido Michelotti |
| Editor: | Chiara Vullo |
| Production Designer: | Roberto De Angelis |
| Costume Designer: | Veronica Fragola, Carlotta D’Alessio |
| Music: | Tóti Guðnason |
| Sound: | Fabio Conca, Daniela Bassani, Marzia Cordò, Thomas Giorgi, Francesco Lilli, Carmine Razzano |
| Visual Effects: | Rodolfo Migliari, Roberto Saba |
Cinema
Nonostante
Orizzonti
synopsis
A man spends peaceful days at the hospital where he’s been for some time: with few worries, responsibilities, or problems, sheltered from everything and everyone, this seems to him the best way to live. In fact, even though some of his ward mates feel trapped, to the man the hospital guarantees unparalleled freedom. This precious routine flows smoothly until a new patient arrives: she is restless, angry, does not accept anything about being hospitalised, especially the unwritten rules, and only wants to leave as soon as possible. She wants to live properly or die. The man is overwhelmed by her fury and at first tries to defend himself, but then decides to welcome something that is incomprehensible to him. This encounter will make him understand that, if you truly face up to your heart and emotions, there is no place to hide.
director's statement
A love story like those that explode all of a sudden at a school party one afternoon at a stranger’s house, where you fall in love for no real reason and realise that life from that day on will never be the same. We wanted to start from here, because telling a love story may be more difficult than living one. For this reason we needed a very simple, very classic score, like the parties we had when we were thirteen, but played in an almost abstract world, where the condition of our nameless characters is a metaphor for the moments of existence in which standing still, motionless, may even become a form of defense against the shocks of life. Our “Regardless” (the “Nonostante” of the title) is this, an adverb become noun, a population of individuals who attempt to fight suffering only when they encounter love.
PRODUCTION/DISTRIBUTION
PRODUCTION 1: HT Film – Viola Prestieri, Valeria Golino
Via Torino 135
00184, Roma, Italy
Tel. 39 0677250255
info@htfilm.it
PRODUCTION 2: Damocle – Francesco Tatò, Oscar Glioti
Via Montevideo 20
00198, Roma, Italy
Tel. 39 3480678168
produzione@damoclefilm.it
PRODUCTION 3: Tenderstories – Moreno Zani, Malcom Pagani
Via Giacomo Leopardi 8
20123, Milan, Italy
Tel. 39 0282196753
info@tenderstories.eu
PRODUCTION 4: Rai Cinema -
Piazza Adriana 12
00193, Roma, Italy
Tel. 39 0633179601
anna.pomara@raicinema.it
INTERNATIONAL SALES: FANDANGO SALES
Head of International Sales and Distribution: RAFFAELLA DI GIULIO
Email: sales@fandango.it
Indirizzo: Viale Gorizia 19 00198 Roma
ITALIAN DISTRIBUTION: Antonio Medici - BIM Distribuzione
via Lorenzo Magalotti 15
00197, Roma, Italy
Tel. 39 063231057
gbruno@bimfilm.com
PRESS OFFICE: Gloria Zerbinati
Independent
Via Palmiro Togliatti 15
45010 Rovigo, Italy
0)7 86 80 02 82 Tel. 33 0) 7 86 80 02 82
gloria.zerbinati@gmail.com
ITALIAN PRESS OFFICE: Manuela Cavallari
Fosforo
Via Niccolò Piccolomini 1
00165 Roma Italy
Tel. 39-0683795464
Mob. 39-3496891660
Email. manuela.cavallari@fosforopress.com
