original title:
Sopra e sotto il ponte
directed by:
cast:
Lorenzo De Angelis, Isabel Russinova, Davide Rossi, Graziano Piazza, Clio Bassetti, Adriana Russo, Tommaso Civogre, Ismaila Mbate, Francesca Seggio
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
costume design:
music:
producer:
production:
Ars Millennia, supported by Ministero della Cultura
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2005
film run:
81'
format:
35mm - colour
release date:
28/04/2006
festivals & awards:
At an overpass on the periphery of Rome, a young man, Alessandro, looks down at the traffic. He is holding a rock. Next to him stands a 16-year-old girl, Deborah. He is the adolescent son of Andrea, a rich dealer in religious objects, and she is the daughter of Roberta, a single woman who is struggling to make ends meet, even to the point of prostitution. The two adolescents love each other. Unknown to them, Roberta and Andrea also have a relationship, but of a more mercenary variety. What they have in common is that neither of them communicate with their children. Andrea make a feeble effort at being a macho role model for his son, and Roberta dreams of a rosy future for her daughter. How long can their delusions last?