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The Finch Thief (Il ladro di cardellini)

The Finch Thief (Il ladro di cardellini)

original title:

Il ladro di cardellini

directed by:

Carlo Luglio

cast:

Nando Paone, Ernesto Mahieux, Gigi De Luca, Viviana Cangiano, Lino Musella, Tonino Taiuti, Giovanni Ludeno, Yuliya Mayarchuk, Antonella Attili, Pino Mauro, Vincenzo Nemolato, Alan De Luca

screenplay:

Massimiliano Virgilio, Carlo Luglio, Diego Olivares

cinematography:

Alessandro Abate

editing:

Davide Franco

music:

Remo Anzovino, Alex Braga

producer:

Gianluca Curti, Gaetano Di Vaio, Pier Francesco Aiello

production:

Minerva Pictures, Bronx Film, PFA Films, Rai Cinema

distribution:

Pilot Kino [Armenia], Pilot Kino [Belarus], Pilot Kino [Estonia], Pilot Kino [Georgia], Pilot Kino [Latvia], Pilot Kino [Lithuania], Pilot Kino [Moldova], Pilot Kino [Russia], Pilot Kino [Ukraine], ANUVU (Airlines) [Worldwide]

world sales:

Minerva Pictures Group [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2020

film run:

90'

format:

colour

release date:

07/07/2020

festivals & awards:

  • Monte-Carlo Film Festival de la Comédie 2020: Best Actor (Nando Paone)
  • Ischia Film Festival 2020
  • Villammare Film Festival 2020: Miglior Film, Miglior Colonna Sonora, Miglior Attrice Protagonista, Miglior Attrice Non Protagonista

In the Campania countryside, Pasquale Cardinale, an elder ranger, spends his days between alcohol and video poker.
To settle the debts he organizes a scam of 200 white pure goldfinches, replacing them with common ones, but it will not end as expected.