Director: Marco Simon
Puccioni
Screenplay: Marco Simon
Puccioni and
Monica Rametta in
collaboration with
Heidrun Schleff
Photography: Tarek
Ben Abdallah
Music: Cristiano Fracaro
Cast: Maria De Medeiros,
Antonia Liskova, Mounir Ouadi, Vitaliano Trevisan,
Gisella Burinato
Editing: Roberto
Missiroli
Production: Mario
Mazzarotto for
IntelFilm
and
Adesif Production
in collaboration with
Rai Cinema
Year: 2007. Running
Time: 100’
This delicate
exploration of a gay relationship torn apart by the
intrusion of a third party offers, at the same time,
a sensitive look at the difficulty immigrants face
in becoming integrated into Italian society. On
their way home from a holiday abroad, Anna (Maria De
Medeiros) and Mara (Antonia Liskova) realize a young
Moroccan man has managed to hide in their car to
illegally cross the border into Italy. At first
unsure what to do, the couple finally agree to take
Anis (Mounir Ouadi) home with them. Gradually the
boy inserts himself into the women’s lives and, for
a brief moment, the three manage to help and support
each other in an unusual, emotionally intricate
relationship. But this precarious balance is
short-lived: Anis loses his job and finds himself
rejected by Mara, with whom he has fallen in love,
while Anna is forced to watch her domestic and
professional arrangements fall to pieces.
