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Il Padre d'Italia
Drama, 2017, 93 mins
Director: Fabio Mollo
Paolo is a skeptical, and at times ill-tempered, thirty-year-old who works as a sales clerk in a Turin Department Store. Mia is a backup singer in a band; she's pregnant and homeless, and her pink hair and flashy style stand out in a crowd. By chance, the two meet at a nightclub and it's not long before they "borrow" a van from Paolo's store and make their way from Turin to Rome. A geographical and emotional road trip, the two strangers become friends as they embark on a cross-country journey, discovering themselves, their country, and each other.
Visually charming, Mollo's second feature brilliantly tackles outdated ideas about gender, sexuality, and family with this unexpected story about love and what it means to really need one another.
In Italian with English subtitles.
Cast: Isabella Ragonese, Luca Marinelli, Anna Ferruzzo, Mario Sgueglia, Federica De Cola, Miriam Karlkvist
Awards
Audience Award, Festival del Cinema Italiano di Ajaccio (2018)
Critic Award, Les rencontres du cinéma italien à Toulouse (2017)
Audience Award, Festival du Cinema Italien de Bastia (2017)
Jury Prize, Best Film, Festival du Film Italien de Villerupt (2017)
Young Jury Prize, Festival du Film Italien de Villerupt (2017)
Best Actress, Isabella Ragonese, Golden Globes Italy (2017)
Audience Award, Best Film, Ortigia Film Festival (2017)
This movie was originally shown at our 10th edition of the IFF in 2018.
