| Director: | Stefano Sollima |
|---|---|
| Production: | The Apartment Pictures (Lorenzo Mieli), AlterEgo
(Ludovico Purgatori), Vision Distribution (Massimiliano Orfei) |
| Running Time: | 127’ |
| Language: | Italian |
| Country: | Italy |
| Main Cast: | Pierfrancesco Favino, Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Adriano Giannini, Gianmarco Franchini, Francesco Di Leva, Lorenzo Adorni, Silvia Salvatori |
| Screenplay: | Stefano Bises, Stefano Sollima |
| Cinematographer: | Paolo Carnera |
| Editor: | Matthew Newman (in collaborazione con Silvia De Rose) |
| Production Designer: | Paki Meduri |
| Costume Designer: | Mariano Tufano |
| Music: | Subsonica |
| Sound: | Maricetta Lombardo |
| Visual Effects: | Stefano Leoni
(Effetti Digitali Italiani) |
Cinema
Adagio
Venezia 80 Competition
Synopsis
Manuel is sixteen years old and trying to enjoy his life as much as he can, while taking care of his elderly father. Subjected to blackmail, he goes to a party to take photos of a mysterious individual but, feeling that he has been duped, decides to flee, finding himself embroiled in matters that are far beyond him. In fact the blackmailers that pursue him turn out to be extremely dangerous and determined to get rid of what they regard as an inconvenient witness and the boy will have to turn for protection to two former criminals, old acquaintances of his father.
Director’s Statement
After my experiences abroad, I’ve finally turned my gaze back on my own city. Rome has changed and so have I. I have looked at it with different eyes, walking through its streets at another pace. A slower one, an adagio. This is the story of the inexorable, poignant decline of three legendary but aging figures of the Roman underworld in search of an impossible redemption in a world even more cynical, chaotic and cruel than the one they had ruled in their golden years. A world that crushes family, friendly and fraternal relationships without leaving any other bonds between men apart from those of money. A city governed by chaos, corruption and cynicism and choked by torrid heat, devastated by fires and the darkness of blackouts... But there is a chink of light. The new generation.
Production/Distribution
PRODUCTION 1: Lorenzo Mieli - The Apartment Srl
Via Nicotera, 29
00195 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 0698240212
infota@theapartment.it
PRODUCTION 2: Ludovico Purgatori – AlterEgo Srl
Viale Parioli, 41
00197 – Roma, Itala
Tel. +39 3338407280
info@alteregofilm.it
PRODUCTION 3: Massimiliano Orfei – Vision Distribution
Via Po, 12
00198 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 0699585100
info@visiondistribution.it
WORLD SALES: Catia Rossi – Vision Distribution
Via Po, 12
00198 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 3465125862
catia.rossi@visiondistribution.it
ITALIAN DISTRIBUTION: Laura Mirabella – Vision Distribution
Via Po, 12
00198 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 0699585100
laura.mirabella@visiondistribution.it
PRESS OFFICE: Alice Sozzi – Woolcan Srl
Via Margutta, 33
00100 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 3351368344
info@woolcan.net
Monique Reid, Nora Murray-Smith – Premier
adagio@premiercomms.com
ITALIAN PRESS OFFICE: Giancarlo Sozi – Woolcan Srl
Tel. + 39 3356079331
info@woolcan.net
Marinella di Rosa – Vision Distribution
Tel. +39 3357612295
marinella.dirosa@visiondistribution.it
