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Before the war (first feature)

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Before the war (Prima della guerra)

original title:

Prima della guerra

directed by:

Tommaso Usberti

cast:

Piero Usberti, Luàna Bajrami, Massimiliano Balduzzi, Sebastien Halnaut, Cisky Capizzi

screenplay:

Tommaso Usberti

cinematography:

Mathieu Kauffmann

editing:

Souliman Schelfout, Nathan Jacquard

set design:

Léa Carbogno

costume design:

Marta Rossi Castelvetro

producer:

Thibault de Gantès, Lucas Le Postec, Francesco Virga, Adele Dell'Erario, Marco Serrecchia, Beatrice Maria Bordone

production:

L'Heure d'été, MIR Cinematografica, Eolo Film Productions, supported by Ministero della Cultura

world sales:

The Party Film Sales [France]

country:

France/Italy

year:

2026

film run:

76'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (20/07/2026)

festivals & awards:

Guido, in his early twenties, lives in a small town in Northern Italy. He has earned respect from his peers through violence in the racist and macho environment he grew up in. But when he meets Sonia, a Kosovar immigrant, something shifts. Guido finds himself torn between the world that made him and the one she’s opening up for him.