Directed by:
Roberto AndòScreenplay:
Roberto AndòCinematography:
Maurizio CalvesiCast:
Silvio Orlando, Lino Musella, Gianfelice Imparato, Roberto Herlitzka, Francesco Di Leva, Enzo Casertano, Giuseppe Brunetti, Tonino Taiuti, Giuseppe Pirozzi (more)Plots(1)
Gabriele Santoro lives in a working-class district of Naples and is a professor at the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella, where he teaches piano. One morning, while he is shaving, the postman sounds the buzzer to tell him a parcel has arrived. He presses the button to open the door and, before going to pick it up, stops to wash his face. In that brief span of time, a ten-year-old child sneaks into his apartment and hides. “Il maestro”—that is what they call him in the neighborhood—will not discover him until late in the evening. When he does, he recognises the intruder as Ciro, a boy who lives with his parents and siblings in the attic of the same building. Asked to explain the reason for his flight, Ciro does not speak. Nonetheless, the maestro, acting on instinct, decides to let him hide out in his apartment, embarking on a singular, and tenacious, defiance of Ciro’s enemies. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Silvio Orlando
Italy
Best movies:
Quiet Chaos (2008)
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Lino Musella
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Gianfelice Imparato
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Best movies:
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Roberto Herlitzka
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Best movies:
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Francesco Di Leva
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Enzo Casertano
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Giuseppe Brunetti
Best movies:
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Tonino Taiuti
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Giuseppe Pirozzi
Best movies:
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Imma Villa
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Salvatore Striano
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Brice Martinet
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