SALVO
by Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia
synopsis
Palermo. Mafia hitman Salvo sneaks into the house of a rival mafioso and kills him. He falls upon a blind girl, Rita, the target's sister. After a brutal struggle an incomprehensible thing happens; Rita regains her sight. Obsessed, unable to kill her or escape from what has happened, Salvo ends up kidnapping Rita and segregating her in an abandoned industrial warehouse far away in the deserted Sicilian countryside.Despite the risks and her hostility, he starts taking care of her, leading a double life to keep his strange bond with Rita a secret from his crime family. When Salvo's mafia boss discovers that he didn't eliminate Rita, the underworld code of honor must be satisfied. Salvo and Rita go on the run, knowing that death awaits them if they are caught.
international title: | Salvo |
original title: | Salvo |
country: | Italy, France |
sales agent: | Playtime |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia |
film run: | 103' |
release date: | IT 27/06/2013, FR 16/10/2013, UK 01/03/2014 |
screenplay: | Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia |
cast: | Saleh Bakri, Sara Serraiocco, Mario Pupella, Luigi Lo Cascio |
cinematography by: | Daniele Ciprì |
film editing: | Desideria Rayner |
art director: | Marco Dentici |
producer: | Massimo Cristaldi, Fabrizio Mosca, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Raphel Berdugo |
production: | Cristaldi Pictures, Acaba Produzioni, MACT Productions, Cité Films |
backing: | Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per il cinema, Apulia Film Commission |
distributor: | Good Films, Bodega Films, Peccadillo Pictures |