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Balancing Act (Gli equilibristi)

Balancing Act (Gli equilibristi)

Balancing Act (Gli equilibristi)

original title:

Gli equilibristi

directed by:

Ivano De Matteo

cast:

Valerio Mastandrea, Barbora Bobulova, Maurizio Casagrande, Rolando Ravello, Grazia Schiavo, Antonio Gerardi, Antonella Attili, Stefano Masciolini, Giorgio Gobbi, Francesca Antonelli, Damir Todorovic, Antonio Tallura, Paola Tiziana Cruciani, Rosabel Laurenti Sellers, Eugenio Mastrandrea, Lupo De Matteo, Pierluigi Misasi, Ilir Jacellari, Daniele La Leggia

screenplay:

Valentina Ferlan, Ivano De Matteo

cinematography:

Vittorio Omodei Zorini

editing:

Marco Spoletini

set design:

Massimiliano Sturiale

costume design:

Valentina Taviani

music:

Francesco Cerasi

producer:

Marco Poccioni, Marco Valsania

production:

Rodeo Drive, BaBe Films, supported by Ministero della Cultura

distribution:

Medusa Film [Italy]

world sales:

Rai Com [Italy]

country:

Italy/France

year:

2012

film run:

100'

format:

colour

release date:

14/09/2012

festivals & awards:

Giulio is forty years old and leads an apparently peaceful life.
He lives in a rented apartment, has a steady job, a car purchased in installments, a rebellious but nice daughter, a sweet son who’s a dreamer, a wife (Barbora Bobulova) he loves and is unfaithful to. She discovers Giulio’s affair, leaves him and his fairy-tale life suddenly crumbles.

But what happens to a couple who “dare” separate from each other in this day and age?

Through a wide array of events that are at times tragic and at times ironic, the film takes us hand-in-hand into the world of a man who suddenly discovers how thin the line between well-being and poverty truly is.