original title:
Itaker
directed by:
cast:
Francesco Scianna, Michele Placido, Monica Barladeanu, Angela Dematté, Tiziano Talarico, Alessio Della Costa, Milena Lunelli, Gelsomina Bassetti
screenplay:
Toni Trupia, Michele Placido, Leonardo Marino
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
costume design:
music:
producer:
production:
Goldenart, Mandragora Movies, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Trentino Film Commission
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy/Romania
year:
2012
film run:
98'
format:
colour & b/w
release date:
29/11/2012
festivals & awards:
1962, Pietro a young boy of 9, is entrusted by his dead mother’s sister, to Benito a Neapolitan rag-trader who – supposedly - should take him to Germany to find his estranged father emigrated years back. After a long and difficult journey fraught with unpleasant events, they end up mingling into the community of factory workers whose daily hard life young Pietro is forced to share, but where – underneath the roughness – he finds warmth and affection.