Awards

Raffaella Fioretta Award for Italian cinema – Alice nella Città 2019

Students’ Award at the Festival de Cinéma Univerciné Italien of Nantes 2020

Festival

Tallinn Black nights Film Festival 2019

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DARKNESS

by Emanuela Rossi

feature film (Italy; 2019; 90′)

Synopsis

Stella, 17-year-old, lives with her younger sisters, Luce and Aria, in a house with barred windows where time seems to have stopped. Every evening her father comes back home, removes his gas mask and survival suit, and updates his daughters with stories of an Apocalypse in progress, which keeps decimating humanity. One night, the man does not return home; Stella decides to get out of the house to look for food.

Cast

DENISE TANTUCCI Stella

VALERIO BINASCO father

ELETTRA MALLABY mother

FRANCESCO GENOVESE Marco

for the first time on screen
GAIA BOCCI Luce

for the first time on screen
OLIMPIA TOSATTO Aria

Crew

director EMANUELA ROSSI

story EMANUELA ROSSI, CLAUDIO CORBUCCI

screenplay EMANUELA ROSSI, CLAUDIO CORBUCCI

DoP MARCO GRAZIAPLENA

production manager EMANUELA MINOLI

assistant director FRANCESCA BOSELLI

production designer MASSIMO SANTOMARCO 

costume designer CAROLA FENOCCHIO

makeup and hairstyling ANNA FILOSA

editor LETIZIA CAUDULLO

sound designer PAOLO AMICI

music CORRADO CAROSIO, PIERANGELO FORNARO

casting LUANA VELLISCIG

with the support of
PIEMONTE FILM TV FUND

international sales
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