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Salvo

Salvo

Salvo

original title:

Salvo

directed by:

Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia

cast:

Saleh Bakri, Sara Serraiocco, Mario Pupella, Luigi Lo Cascio, Giuditta Perriera, Redouane Behache, Jacopo Menicagli

screenplay:

Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia

cinematography:

Daniele Ciprì

editing:

Desideria Rayner

set design:

Marco Dentici

producer:

Massimo Cristaldi, Fabrizio Mosca, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Raphael Berdugo

production:

Acaba Produzioni, Cristaldi Pictures, Mact Productions, Cité Films, Arte, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the participation of Cofinova 9, in asociation with Mimis and Mangusta Productions, with the supoort of Torino Film Lab, Eurimages, Media Programme, Sicilia Film Commission

distribution:

Palace Films [Australia], Abc - Cinemien [Belgium], H2O Films [Brazil], Bodega Films [France], Filmtrade [Greece], Cirko Film [Hungary], Access Cinema [Ireland], Abc - Cinemien [Netherlands], Against Gravity [Poland], Demiurg [Slovenia], Peccadillo Pictures [United Kingdom], Film Movement [United States]

world sales:

Playtime [France]

country:

Italy/France

year:

2013

film run:

103'

format:

35mm - colour

aspect ratio:

2.35:1

release date:

27/06/2013

festivals & awards:

Palermo. Mafia hitman SALVO sneaks into the house of a rival mafioso and kills him. He falls upon a blind girl, RITA, the target's sister. After a brutal struggle an incomprehensible thing happens; Rita regains her sight. Obsessed, unable to kill her or escape from what has happened, Salvo ends up kidnapping Rita and segregating her in an abandoned industrial warehouse far away in the deserted Sicilian countryside.Despite the risks and her hostility, he starts taking care of her, leading a double life to keep his strange bond with Rita a secret from his crime family.When Salvo's mafia boss discovers that he didn't eliminate Rita, the underworld code of honor must be satisfied. Salvo and Rita go on the run, knowing that death awaits them if they are caught.