Director: Claudio Giovannesi
Screenplay: Claudio Giovannesi, Francesco Apice, Matteo Berdini, Filippo Gravino
Photography: Tommaso Borgstrom
Music: Claudio Giovannesi, Enrico Melozzi (Warner Chappell Music Italiana s.r.l. Editions)
Cast: Adriano Giannini, Emanuele Bosi, Emilio Bonucci, Faten Ben Haj Hassen, Paolo Sassanelli, Ninni Bruschetta
Editing: Giuseppe Trepiccione
Production: Andrea Costantini, Giorgio Magliulo, Hamid Basket
for Shooting Star, Istituto Luce, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, in collaboration with Rai Cinema, with the
support of MiBAC
International Distribution: Cinecittà/Luce, via Tuscolana 1055, 00173 Rome, tel. +39 06 72992213, fax +39 06 722496, luce@luce.it  www.luce.it
Year: 2009. Running Time: 96’

 

The two brothers Michele (Adriano Giannini) and Lorenzo (Emanuele Bosi) live in their parent’s home at the outskirts of Rome. Michele, a dog trainer, is introverted and difficult to approach. The extroverted jazz musician Lorenzo is always open to new encounters. One morning they learn that their father, Dario (Emilio Bonucci), who left 12 years ago, sold their house and now lives in Marrakech. They travel to Marrakech to get their house back. This road movie offers a refreshing approach to classic themes such as generation conflict and the search for identity. The characters are constructed intelligently. The three men leave for the desert, where they get closer. The viewer is witness to an unforgettable image of an ascending balloon. The title refers both to the balloon and to Dario's character: a man who builds houses of air. A road movie about the “father-son” relationship.