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Raise your Head (Alza la testa)

Raise your Head (Alza la testa)

original title:

Alza la testa

directed by:

Alessandro Angelini

cast:

Sergio Castellitto, Gabriele Campanelli, Giorgio Colangeli, Anita Kravos, Duccio Camerini, Augusto Fornari, Rinat Khismatouline, Nello Mascia, Nello Mascia, Paolo Pierobon, Pia Lanciotti, Paolo De Vita

screenplay:

Alessandro Angelini, Angelo Carbone, Francesca Marciano

cinematography:

Arnaldo Catinari

editing:

Massimo Fiocchi

set design:

Alessandro Marrazzo

costume design:

Daniela Ciancio

music:

Luca Tozzi

producer:

Donatella Botti

production:

Bianca Film, Rai Cinema, Alien Produzioni

distribution:

01 Distribution [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2009

film run:

86'

format:

35mm - colour

release date:

06/11/2009

festivals & awards:

Mero is a skilled worker at a shipyard and a single father. His son Lorenzo is his only reason of living. Mero's dream is for the boy to become champion boxer, but the world he constructs around his son is a closed one, where each day resembles to next. One night Lorenzo runs away and has an accident...