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Completed - ITALIAN - Thriller - 109 minutes

Log Line

A thriller in the Italian Alps. Luigi Lo Cascio plays a passeur, Cesare, who in search of a murderer, realizes he can not escape his fate.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2019 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Bellucci NICOLA
Cast : Luigi LO CASCIO, Vincenzo CREA, Lidiya LIBERMAN

Producer(s) : Pascal TRÄCHSLIN (CINEWORX FILMPRODUKTION GMBH), Enzo PORCELLI (ACHAB)

Synopsis

Cesare (Luigi Lo Cascio), a former bootlegger and human trafficker who lost his wife some years ago, finds the murdered body of his nephew Fausto in a remote Piedmont valley. Cesare himself introduced Fausto to the business of smuggling but left the ‘business’ when Fausto decided to specialize in drug trafficking from Italy to Switzerland.
As soon as the police starts to investigate the murder case, Cesare comes under investigation. But soon the widowed loner wins the trust of the leading investigator Sonja di Meo…

Based on the acclaimed novel by Davide Longo.

Production

Country(ies) : SWITZERLAND, ITALY

AUSTRIA Sep 27, 2019 CINEMATOGRAPH F
SWITZERLAN Mar 07, 2019 CINEWORX GMBH


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Festivals and Awards

Zurich FF 2018 (competition)
Torino FF 2018 (Mobile)


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