31/05/2017 - Produced by Italian International Film, Gassman’s second directorial effort tells the story of the journey undertaken by an author honoured with the Nobel Prize, starring Gigi Proietti

A photo taken during the shoot for Il premio (© Anna Camerlingo)

The shoot is under way for Il premio [+see also:
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Afraid of flying, Passamonte decides to head to Stockholm by car with Rinaldo (Rocco Papaleo), his long-serving assistant. Unexpectedly, they are joined by his two children: Oreste (played by Gassmann himself), who owns a gym on the verge of being shut down, and Lucrezia (Anna Foglietta), a neurotic pushover of a blogger. During the many legs of this journey packed with unexpected twists and turns, the group bumps into a variety of curious people who ironically call into question all of the lead characters’ certainties, finally forcing them to discover surprising family dynamics and get to the bottom of who they really are. 

The cast also includes Matilda De Angelis, Marco Zitelli, Erica Blanc and Andrea Jonasson. The screenplay was written by Valter Lupo (Onda su onda [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)