original title:
Il gioco
directed by:
cast:
Mattia Di Stefano, Liborio Di Stefano, Emanuele Vaccaio, Gianluca Taibi, Giuseppe Emanuele, Gabriele Vasile Cozzo, Alessio Vasile Cozzo
screenplay:
production:
country:
Italy
year:
2009
film run:
18'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (20/06/2009)
festivals & awards:
Sicily 1950. Seven boy are playing a game they invented on the beach. They are betting, with money, and the winner takes it all. What are they waiting for? What are they trying to evoke? Why do they have such an unusual preparatory ritual? What creature are they trying to attract? Gennarino, the youngest in the group, seems to know the secret. Indeed, he will be the one to reveal the identity of the mysterious creature.