original title:
Villetta con ospiti
directed by:
cast:
Marco Giallini, Michela Cescon, Massimiliano Gallo, Erica Blanc, Cristina Flutur, Monica Billiani, Ioan Tiberiu Dobrica, Bebo Storti, Vinicio Marchioni, Giovanni Visentin, Marius Bizau, Sharon Alessandri, Annagaia Marchioro, Carla Camporese, Nicole Piazzetta, Stella Sabbadin, Giulia Corrocher
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
costume design:
music:
producer:
production:
Rodeo Drive, Les Films d'Ici, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Lazio Region
world sales:
country:
Italy/France
year:
2019
film run:
88'
format:
35mm/DCP - colour
release date:
30/01/2020
festivals & awards:
Twenty-four hours to tell the story of a marvellous middleclass family in a small and prosperous town of Northern Italy. During the day, these impeccable women and their husbands show off their virtues at the bar, the hairdresser, at a parish party, in a kind of obsequious ballet of good intentions. But as night approaches, the comedy takes on much darker hues and the veiled face of this small-town suddenly appears full of pettiness and violence. The seven protagonists of this story, who represent the seven deadly sins, make their appearance with the utmost innocence. None seems particularly blameworthy but in the end, after nightfall, they will all together be guilty of a heinous crime.