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The Great Salento War (La Grande Guerra del Salento)

The Great Salento War (La Grande Guerra del Salento)

original title:

La Grande Guerra del Salento

directed by:

Marco Pollini

cast:

Marco Leonardi, Paolo De Vita, Pino Ammendola, Uccio De Santis, Michele Vigilante, Fabrizio Saccomanno, Rossana Cannone, Loretta Micheloni, Luca Pastore, Valerio Tambone, Riccardo Lanzarone, Fabius de Vivo, Martina Difonte, Lucrezia Scamarcio, Rossana Cannone, Andrea Scardigno, Stefania Ceccarelli, Giuseppe Ninno

screenplay:

Marco Pollini, Bruno Contini, Chiara Rebutto, Alessia Camoirano, Lana Sokolaj, Boris Bertolini, from the novel by Bruno Contini with the same title

cinematography:

Alessandro Zonin

set design:

Mirko Mauro Milizia

costume design:

Arianna Dimitri

music:

Marco Werba, Ermanno Corrado

producer:

Evelyn Bruges

production:

Ahora! Film, with the support of Apulia Film Commission

distribution:

Ahora! Film [Italy]

world sales:

OneTwoThree Media [United States]

country:

Italy

year:

2022

film run:

93'

format:

colour

release date:

05/05/2022

festivals & awards:

  • Los Angeles - Italia 2023: Look at…
  • Prague Film Award 2022
  • Cardiff Film Festival 2022
  • Oaxaca FilmFest 2022
  • Valdarno Film Festival 2022: Miglior Attore (Riccardo Lanzarone)
  • Foggia Film Festival 2022
  • Cine Off International Film Festival 2022: Miglior Film Lungometraggio
  • Festival del cinema italiano di Milazzo 2022: Miglior Attore (Marco Leonardi)
  • Liverpool Indie Awards 2023: Best Feature

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