original title:
Il grande passo
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production:
Ipotesi Cinema, Stemal Entertainment, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Regione Veneto, Fondazione Veneto Film Commission
distribution:
Tucker Film [Italy], Pilot Kino [Armenia], Pilot Kino [Azerbaijan], Pilot Kino [Belarus], TLN Media Group [Canada], Pilot Kino [Estonia], Mediator Europa [Finland], Pilot Kino [Georgia], Pilot Kino [Kazakhstan], Pilot Kino [Kyrgyzstan], Pilot Kino [Latvia], Pilot Kino [Lithuania], Pilot Kino [Moldova], Pilot Kino [Russia], Pilot Kino [Tajikistan], Pilot Kino [Turkmenistan], Pilot Kino [Ukraine], Pilot Kino [Uzbekistan]
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country:
Italy
year:
2019
film run:
96'
format:
colour
release date:
20/08/2020
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When he was six years old, Dario Cavalieri watched the live broadcast of the first Moon landing and ever since then he has dreamed of going there. Mario Cavalieri runs a local hardware store in Rome, until one day his life is turned upside down when the phone rings. His brother Dario is in prison. Mario discovers he is the only person who can take care of that brother, who he has only seen once in his lifetime. The two brothers, who resemble each other physically but have completely different personalities, find themselves alone in the face of an impossible venture.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
In telling this story I wanted to pay tribute to the two worlds of cinema I love. On the one hand, American cinema, rather childish and sentimental, which I grew up with when I was a child: the cinema of dreamers like Steven Spielberg, of naiveté as a value, a paean to marvel. On the other hand, the cinema of my land, silent and sincere, created by artisans like Carlo Mazzacurati, made of dilated space, delicate and authentic feelings, overflowing with affection for normality.