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Ti mangio il cuore

Orizzonti 
Director:
Pippo Mezzapesa
Production:
Indigo Film with Rai Cinema in collaboration with Paramount +
Running Time:
117’
Language:
Italian, Apulian dialect
Country:
Italy
Main Cast:
Elodie, Francesco Patanè, Francesco Di Leva, Lidia Vitale, Brenno Placido, Tommaso Ragno, Michele Placido
Screenplay:
Antonella W. Gaeta, Pippo Mezzapesa, Davide Serino
Cinematographer:
Michele D’Attanasio
Editor:
Vincenzo Soprano
Production Designer:
Daniele Frabetti
Costume Designer:
Ursula Patzak
Music:
Teho Teardo
Sound:
Fabio Conca
From the book:Ti mangio il cuore
By:Carlo Bonini, Giuliano Foschini
Note:Age 14+

Synopsis

Puglia. Burnt by the sun and by hatred, the promontory of Gargano is contested by criminals who seem to come from a remote past governed by the law of the jungle. An archaic land reminiscent of the Far West, in which blood is washed away with blood. An old feud between two rival families is rekindled by a forbidden love: the one between Andrea, reluctant heir of the Malatesta, and Marilena, beautiful wife of the boss of the Camporeale clan. A fatal passion that sets the two clans at war again. But Marilena, banished by the Camporeale and prisoner of the Malatesta, disputed and abused, will oppose a fate already written with a mother’s strength.

Director’s Statement

The dual spirit of this story of cruelty and passion is already summed up in the title of the film, which translates literally as “I’ll Eat Your Heart.” On the one hand an archaic and ferocious society, dominated by the violence of primitive laws that govern old feuds between Mafiosi that have never been settled; on the other the force of love that disrupts and subverts, a spark that starts a new war, but also triggers the desire for a different life. The story of Ti mangio il cuore is an archetypal one that speaks of love, vendetta and death, but also of a land of irresistible beauty, Gargano, torn apart and stained with blood by a little-known but ruthless Mafia. A world in which the spiral of violence seems to sweep everything away and destroy even love: but not Marilena, who is not afraid to live her passions, her desires, and does not intend to yield to a fate already written. For a different destiny is possible.

Production/Distribution

PRODUCTION 1: Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori, Viola Prestieri – INDIGO FILM
Via Torino 135
00184 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 0677250255
info@indigofilm.it
http://www.indigofilm.it

PRODUCTION 2: Paolo Del Brocco – RAI CINEMA
Piazza Adriana 12
00193 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 0633179601
anna.pomara@raicinema.it
http://www.raicinema.rai.it

WORLD SALES: Gaetano Maiorino – TRUE COLOURS
Largo Italo Gemini 1
00161 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 0637352334
gaetano@truecolours.it
http://www.truecolours.it

ITALIAN DISTRIBUTION: Luigi Lonigro – 01 DISTRIBUTION
Piazza Adriana 12
00193 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 0633179601
soniapisana.dichter@raicinema.it
http://www.01distribution.it

PRESS OFFICE: Barbara Van Lombeek, Marie-France Dupagne - THE PR FACTORY
Rue des Myositis 21
1180 – Brussels, Belgium
Mob. +32 486546480
Mob. +32 477626770
barbara@theprfactory.com
mariefrance@theprfactory.com
www.theprfactory.com

ITALIAN PRESS OFFICE: Manuela Cavallari, Giulia Santaroni – Fosforo
Via Nicolò Piccolomini n.1
00165 – Roma, Italia
Mob. +39 3496891660 (M. Cavallari)
manuela.cavallari@fosforopress.com
Mob. +39 3488224581 (G. Santaroni)
giulia.santaroni@fosforopress.com


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