SOLE
by Carlo Sironi
synopsis
Ermanno is an Italian low-life, Lena is a seventh month pregnant Polish girl. She has come to Italy to sell her baby, he has to pretend to be the father to entrust the newborn to his uncle Fabio in a fake adoption between relatives. Lena’s daughter is born pre-term and she must breastfeed her before she can go away with her money. Lena tries to deny the bond with her baby girl Sole but Ermanno starts to take care of them as if he was the real father.
original title: | Sole |
country: | Italy, Poland |
sales agent: | Luxbox |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Carlo Sironi |
film run: | 102' |
release date: | FR 9/09/2020, IT 24/10/2020 |
screenplay: | Giulia Moriggi, Carlo Sironi, Antonio Manca |
cast: | Sandra Drzymalska, Claudio Segaluscio, Barbara Ronchi, Bruno Buzzi, Marco Felli, Orietta Notari, Vitaliano Trevisan |
cinematography by: | Gergely Pohárnok |
film editing: | Andrea Maguolo |
art director: | Ilaria Sadun |
costumes designer: | Olivia Bellini |
music: | Teoniki Rozynek |
producer: | Giovanni Pompili |
co-producer: | Agnieszka Wasiak |
production: | Kino Produzioni, RAI Cinema, Lava Films |
backing: | MiBAC (IT), Eurimages, Regione Lazio (IT), Polish Film Institute (PL), TorinoFilmLab Production Fund (IT), IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige Film Fund & Commission (IT), Cinéfondation (FR), Faliro House (GR), Sundance Mediterranean Screenwriters Workshop (US), Berlinale Script Station (DE), Eave, TorinoFilmLab – Feature Lab (IT) |
distributor: | Les Valseurs, Officine UBU |