THE COMMANDER AND THE STORK
synopsis
Leo is a widowed working-class father who struggles to raise his two motherless children: Elia (who is skipping school absorbed in secretly raising a stork), and his teenager sister who, unbeknownst to herself, has been tagged as a porn star in the internet. To help his daughter out of her unpleasant plight, Leo ends up in the office of a shady lawyer, where he meets Diana a budding artist that’s decorating the place. The coming and goings of Leo, his children, Diana and a fresco of friends and passers-by, are followed with a critical and highbrowed eye by the statues in the square, in a dreamy atmosphere of a misty Turin.
international title: | The Commander and the Stork |
original title: | Il comandante e la cicogna |
country: | Switzerland, Italy |
sales agent: | Intramovies |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Silvio Soldini |
film run: | 108' |
release date: | IT 18/10/2012, ES 13/09/2013 |
screenplay: | Doriana Leondeff, Silvio Soldini, Marco Pettenello |
cast: | Valerio Mastandrea, Alba Rohrwacher, Giuseppe Battiston, Claudia Gerini, Maria Paiato, Michele Maganza, Giselda Volodi, Luca Dirodi, Giuseppe Cederna, Fausto Russo Alesi, Serena Pinto |
cinematography by: | Ramiro Civita |
film editing: | Carlotta Cristiani |
art director: | Paola Bizzarri |
costumes designer: | Silvia Nebiolo |
music: | Wanda Osiris |
producer: | Lionello Cerri, Andres Pfäffli, Elda Guidinetti |
production: | Lumière & Co., Ventura Film, RSI - Radiotelevisione Svizzera di Lingua Italiana |
backing: | Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Film Commission Valle d'Aosta |
distributor: | Medusa Film, Sherlock Films |