Facts of Banda Magliana
 

Director: Daniele Costantini
Screenplay: Daniele Costantini
Photography: Paolo Ferrari
Music: Cristiano Grillo
Cast: Francesco Pannofino, Roberto Brunetti, Francesco Dominedò, Fabio Grossi, Tommaso Capogreco, Mario Contu, Lucio Sinisi, Gianfranco Zuncheddu, Fanny Cadeo, Leo Gullotta
Editing: Roberto Martucci
Production: Goodtime Enterpire in collaboration with Istituto Luce
International Distribution: Goodtimes S.r.l., Via Pietro della Valle 13, 00100 Rome-Italy, tel. +39 06 3230622, fax +39 06 32501645,
e-mail: goodtimesrl@hotmail.com 
Year: 2004. Running Time: 85’
  
The subject is loosely inspired by the criminal activities of the “The Gang of the Magliana” over fifteen years (1975-1991) and based on the Acts of the Courts of Rome. The confession of a “collaborating witness” – Luciano Amodio, called “Riccetto” (Maurizio Abbatino, in the actual story) tells of the growing criminality of the main chararacters and of the formation of the gang (1977), of the years of their maximum power (1980-86) and of those of their final decadence (1987-91). The confession takes place in a highly guarded court room in front of a fictional magistrate. While recalling past occurrences, Riccetto summons the main protagonists of those crimes, whether alive or not and urges them to declare their responsibility and their involvement in those crimes. But once together they can’t help falling into contradictions. They blame each other for their deaths and in so doing they tell us the main stages of their criminal activities. Each character reveals his “own” truth with the only purpose to reduce his responsibility and put a greater burden on the others.
   
    
 
  
  
   
  

 

  

  

 

   

  

 
                
                   

      
Daniele Costantini 
Born in Isola del Liri (Frosinone) in 1950, he attended Acting courses at the Accademia nazionale d’Arte Drammatica “Silvio D’Amico” in 1968/69. During his long career as an actor and director for the stage, he worked with important artists such as Luca Ronconi, Ettore Scola and others. He started making movies in 1968 working as an assistant director of Citto Maselli. His first long feature film, Una settimana come un’altra (1978) won the “David di Donatello” prize for best debut long feature film. With Facts of Banda Magliana Daniele Costantini returns to long feature films after 14 years.