La buca

Money Buddies
La buca

Italy / Switzerland, September 2014
FILM, Fiction, 90 min.

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directed by
Daniele Ciprì
Written by
Alessandra Acciai, Daniele Ciprì, Massimo Gaudioso, Miriam Rizzo
Status
In distribution

A shaggy dog becomes the unwitting trigger for the collision of two disordered and precarious human existences. Bitten by the animal, moody and shady lawyer Oscar wants to profit from the incident by suing its unfortunate owner, Armando. When the conniving lawyer discovers that Armando is in fact fresh out of jail, where he served thirty years for a crime he didn’t commit, the goal changes and the stakes are raised: why not instigate a lawsuit against the state and claim millions? While searching for clues and proof, an unlikely and entertaining friendship is born.


Un cane arruffato diventa inconsapevole pretesto dell’incontro di due umanità disordinate e precarie. Morso dall’animale, Oscar, avvocato burbero sempre alla ricerca di spunti truffaldini, vuole trarre profitto dall’incidente e fare causa al malcapitato proprietario, Armando. Quando però Oscar scopre che Armando è in realtà un povero disgraziato appena uscito di galera dopo aver ingiustamente scontato una pena di 30 anni, la posta in gioco si alza: perché non intentare una causa milionaria ai danni dello Stato? Alla ricerca di indizi, tra i due nasce un’amicizia improbabile e divertente.

credits

World Premiere
September 2014
Original Version
Italian (french/english subtitles),  colour, DCP, 90 min.
ISAN
0000-0003-CA61-0000-W-0000-0000-F
Production
Passione Entertainment srl, Imagofilm Lugano, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Villi Hermann, Michela Pini, Gabriella de Gara, Alessandra Acciai, Giorgio Magliulo
directed by
Daniele Ciprì
Written by
Alessandra Acciai, Daniele Ciprì, Massimo Gaudioso, Miriam Rizzo
Cinemato­graphy
Daniele Ciprì
Editing
Giogiò Franchini
Sound Editing
Riccardo Studer, Lilio Rosato
Sound Design
Riccardo Studer, Lilio Rosato
Re-Recording Mix
Felix Bussmann
Music
Zeno Gabaglio
Location Sound Mix
Christophe Giovannoni
Production Design
Marco Dentici, Paola Genni
Lighting Design
Domenico Caiuli, Andrea de Stoutz
Costumes
Grazia Colombini
Casting
Michela Pini, Amel Soudani

Cast

Rocco Papaleo as Armando
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Carmen
Sonia Gessner as Signorina Monterosa

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
The Match Factory

Worldwide Distribution

Italy
Lucky Red S.r.l. Distribution
Switzerland
MFD Morandini Film Distribution Distribution
Release date: 25.09.2014

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