original title:
Bar Giuseppe
directed by:
cast:
Ivano Marescotti, Virginia Diop, Nicola Nocella, Teodosio Barresi, Ira Fronten, Emmanuel Dabone, Selene Caramazza, Michele Morrone, Vito Mancini
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
costume design:
music:
producer:
production:
One More Pictures, Rai Cinema, with the support of Regione Lazio, Creative Europe, Apulia Film Commission
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2019
film run:
95'
format:
colour
release date:
28/05/2020
festivals & awards:
Giuseppe, a widower with two adult children, runs a rural area’s bar and gas station. Bikira has just recently disembarked from Africa. Giuseppe hires her as a waitress. The two fall in love, causing a major scandal in town – and, in spite of the conflict with his children, he and Bikira marry.