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Held hostage (first feature)

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Trailer

original title:

Ostaggi

directed by:

Eleonora Ivone

cast:

Gianmarco Tognazzi, Vanessa Incontrada, Francesco Pannofino, Elena Cotta, Jonis Bascir, Alessandro Haber, Eleonora Ivone, Costantino Comito

screenplay:

Angelo Longoni, Eleonora Ivone, from the play with the same title by Angelo Longoni

cinematography:

Patrizio Patrizi

set design:

Fabio Vitale

costume design:

Grazia Materia, Rosanna Sisto

production:

Fenix Entertainment, Wake Up Produzioni, with the support of Fondazione Calabria Film Commission

distribution:

Encripta [Argentina], Pilot Kino [Armenia], Encripta [Bolivia], Encripta [Brazil], Encripta [Chile], Encripta [Colombia], Encripta [Costa Rica], Encripta [Ecuador], Pilot Kino [Estonia], Encripta [Guatemala], Encripta [Honduras], Pilot Kino [Kyrgyzstan], Pilot Kino [Latvia] VOD, Pilot Kino [Lithuania] VOD, Encripta [Mexico], Pilot Kino [Moldova], Encripta [Nicaragua], Encripta [Peru], Pilot Kino [Russia], Pilot Kino [Tajikistan], Pilot Kino [Turkmenistan], Encripta [Uruguay], Pilot Kino [Uzbekistan], Encripta [Venezuela]

world sales:

Illmatic Film Group [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2021

film run:

89'

format:

colour

release date:

22/07/2021

festivals & awards:

A man, who has just robbed a bank, holds four people hostage in a bakery after escaping in a police chase. The man begins a tormented negotiation with the police who have set up their headquarters in a post office facing the street where the bakery shop is also located.