The Predators (film)
| The Predators | |
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| Italian | I predatori |
| Directed by | Pietro Castellitto |
| Written by | Pietro Castellitto |
| Produced by | Domenico Procacci Laura Paolucci |
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| Cinematography | Carlo Rinaldi |
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| Distributed by | 01 Distribution |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Predators (Italian: I predatori) is a 2020 Italian black comedy film written and directed by Pietro Castellitto in his directorial debut.[1]
The film was presented at the Horizons section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival, where it received the Best Screenplay Award.
Plot[edit]
One day in Ostia, a charismatic watch seller manages to cheat old Ines Vismara by giving her a lousy watch for 1000 euros. This episode enrages Claudio, Ines' son, a fascist owner of a gun shop and destabilizes Ines to the point that, while crossing a street, she gets run over by a van.
Ines is saved and brought to the hospital by medic Pierpaolo Pavone, householder of an intellectual radical chic family: his wife Laura is an uncompromising film director, and their son Federico is a 25-years-old scholar passionate with Friedrich Nietzsche who gets mad once his professor Nicola tells him that he can't join him in exhuming Nietzsche's body. Pierpaolo is having an affair with Gaia, the young girlfriend of Bruno Parise, a colleague of his who enjoys in making pranks to him.
One day, Federico manages to buy from Claudio a bomb in order to use it to destroy Nietzsche's grave: Federico completes his mission, despite being injured during the explosion. Flavio, Claudio's uncle, tells him that after being arrested, Federico will tell from where he bought the bomb and, thanks to being the son of a medic and a director, he won't be sent to jail, but if the cops will find out Claudio's guns, he will surely get imprisoned. So, Flavio orders Claudio to kill Federico.
Once he reaches Federico, Claudio finds out that he is the son of Pierpaolo, the medic who saved his mother's life, and aborts the mission. Once Flavio asks for explanations, Claudio brings his 12-years-old gun-loving son Cesare at the meeting and the kid shoots and kills Flavio with a shotgun. Claudio gets arrested but doesn't lose his parental authority.
A few months later, Bruno has died for a brain cancer that Pierpaolo diagnosed him and Gaia manages to find a new boyfriend in the very watch seller that triggered the whole story.
Cast[edit]
- Massimo Popolizio as Pierpaolo Pavone
- Manuela Mandracchia as Ludovica Pensa
- Pietro Castellitto as Federico Pavone
- Giorgio Montanini as Claudio Vismara
- Dario Cassini as Bruno Parise
- Anita Caprioli as Gaia
- Marzia Ubaldi as Ines
- Giulia Petrini as Teresa
- Liliana Fiorelli as Paola
- Claudio Camilli as Carlo Vismara
- Orsetta De Rossi as Vittoria
- Rosalina Neri as grandma Ornella
- Renato Marchetti as Saverio
- Maria Castellitto as Marie
- Nando Paone as Nicola Fiorillo
- Antonio Gerardi as Flavio Vismara
- Vinicio Marchioni as a watch seller
- Francesco Borgese as Cesare Vismara
- Nicola Ciccariello as Tullio
- Paolo Fosso as Stefano
- Maria Giulia De Santis as Anna
- Alessandro La Ginestra as Valerio
- Giancarlo Porcacchia as Renato
- Emanuele Linfatti as Jacopo
Accolades[edit]
- David di Donatello Awards (2021)
- David di Donatello for Best New Director to Pietro Castellitto
- Nomination for David di Donatello for Best Original Screenplay to Pietro Castellitto
- Nomination for David di Donatello for Best Producer to Domenico Procacci and Laura Paolucci
- Nomination for David di Donatello for Best Score to Niccolò Contessa
References[edit]
- ^ "Intervista a Pietro Castellitto: "I miei Predatori nati dal fallimento come attore"". The Huffington Post. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Venezia, Pietro Castellitto vince per sceneggiatura a Orizzonti". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
