Pietralata (film)

Pietralata
Directed byGianni Leacche
StarringBenedicta Boccoli
Carla Magda Capitanio
Claudio Botosso
Massimo Bonetti
Edoardo Velo
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
103 mins.
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Pietralata (Italian: Pietralata) is a 2008 Italian film directed by Gianni Leacche.[1] The film concerns a protest against the current film industry,[2] and it was shot in 2007 in the Pietralata, a quartiere of Rome, in the eastern part of the city.[3]

Plot

The film is set in Rome: Edoardo and Giancarlo, old friends who want to become actors, are reunited after many years and are still determined to realize their dream.[4]

However, they realize the inefficiency of the film industry and also have personal problems: Edoardo falls into a deep depression, and the family of Giancarlo would like him to become a taxi driver. The situation of the two friends is a little relieved by two women, Lucrezia and Francesca, whom they meet.[5]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Boscotrecase. Anteprima del film "Pietralata"". torresette.it. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. ^ "A Roma la presentazione del film "Pietralata"". archivio.ilgiornaledirieti.it. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Pietralata di Gianni Leacche al Capua Cinefestival". romaest.it. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Pietralata". TrovaCinema. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Pietralata (refresh)". TrovaCinema. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.


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