I predatori
Directed by:
Pietro CastellittoScreenplay:
Pietro CastellittoCinematography:
Carlo RinaldiComposer:
Niccolò ContessaCast:
Massimo Popolizio, Manuela Mandracchia, Pietro Castellitto, Dario Cassini, Anita Caprioli, Marzia Ubaldi, Liliana Fiorelli, Claudio Camilli (more)Plots(1)
It’s early in the morning, the sea at Ostia is calm. A man knocks at the door of a woman’s house: he is going to sell her a watch. It is early in the morning again when, a few days later, a young assistant professor of philosophy will be left out of the group chosen for the exhumation of Nietzsche’s body. Two grievances. Two apparently incompatible families: the Pavone and the Vismara. Bourgeois and intellectual the former, proletarian and Fascist the second. Opposing factions that share the same jungle: Rome. A banal incident will bring the two poles into collision. And the folly of a twenty-five-year-old man will lead to a showdown that reveals everyone has a secret and no one is what they seem. And that we are all predators. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Reviews (1)
I have to say, based on the synopsis, I was expecting more of a quirky, offbeat comedy. While it had its good moments, there were also plenty of times I was just hoping it would end. Neither family really gives you anything to like. On one side, you’ve got the bourgeoisie, full of avant-garde ideas and acting like they’re above everything, and on the other, you’ve got the thugs, which feels like a reflection of how things roll in Italy these days. As a comedy-drama, it was more unsettling than entertaining, especially imagining people like these families actually existing.
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