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 |
















