After the Charlie Hebdo shooting events by the hand of jihadist terrorists David wants to bring on stage a play based on the late satyrical cartoonist George Wolinski's comicbook strips, but he struggles to finds cohoperation from institutional figures. He then agrees to direct in a small provincial town a stage play about an apulian folk dance, the Pizzica. Masterminding to disguise the original planned one, with its sexually explicit nature, into the accorded one he will gain the complicity of the curious cast hired on the spot. The start of the rehearsals will arouse excited consensus either censure which will lead to a growing boycott of the staging.
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David Riondino
David
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Dario Vergassola
Dario
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Carabinieri
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Vauro Senesi
Max
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Lightning Strike
The Ages of Love
Georges Wolinski
Self (archive footage)
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Vive les femmes !
Armando De Razza
Garritoni
Known for
The Day of the Beast
Olé
Cinzia Carrea
Fanny Dujardin
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Il decisionista
Anime Borboniche
Altea Chionna
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Cani randagi
La sabbia negli occhi
Andrea Corallo
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Natale Calibro 9
Maria Vittoria Casarotti Todeschini
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Star
Lamenti Siderali
Tommaso Lazotti
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La verità sta in cielo
Mauro Cappelloni Director · Elide Cortesi Screenplay Andrea Corallo Screenplay
First release March 16, 2024 · Produced in Italy · Languages French, Italian
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Equinox Films Italia
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Italy
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
French · Italian
Release dates
Italy · March 16, 2024
Premiere · BIFEST - Bari International Film Festival
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