The Family Friend

by Paolo Sorrentino

  • Film
  • Production year 2006
  • Length 110’ min.
  • Format 35mm

Synopsis

Geremia de’ Geremei is a seventy year-old loan shark, extremely ugly, rich, filthy, stingy, cynical and ironic. He has a morbid and obsessive relationship with money. Everything contributes in making him into a sick being: his mother, father, money, women, life! That is why he feels so alone. But in reality he is not.  We are all with him.

Crew

Director Paolo Sorrentino
Story and Screenplay Paolo Sorrentino
Cinematography Luca Bigazzi
Production Designer Lino Fiorito
Costume Designer Ortensia De Francesco
Editor Giogiò Franchini
Sound Editor Silvia Moraes
Sound Daghi Rondanini, Emanuele Cecere
Organization Viola Prestieri, Gennaro Formisano, Paola Pegoraro
Original Music Teho Teardo
Produced by Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano, Domenico Procacci For Fandango
Production Indigo Film, Fandango
With the collaboration of  Medusa Film And Sky
Distribution Medusa
Distribuzione Internazionale Wild Bunch
Vendite Internazionali France (Piramide)

Cast

Giacomo Rizzo
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Laura Chiatti
Gigi Angelillo
Clara Bindi
Nicola Grittani
Francesco Grittani
Marco Giallini
Lorenzo Gioielli
Alina Nedelea
Roberta Fiorentini
Geremia
Longobardo
Fabio Grossi
Barbara Valmorin
Lorenzo Sorrenti

Awards

Ciak d'Oro Best Cinematography, Best Live Sound
Recontres du Cinéma Italien à Toulouse Prix du Jury Etudiants

Festivals

59 Cannes International Film Festival
Palm Springs Film Festival
Portland International Film Festival
Los Angeles Italian Film Fashion and Art Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
Singapore International Film Festival
Istanbul International Film Festival
Buenos Aires International Film Festival
Festival de Tremblay-en-France
Recontres du Cinéma Italien à Toulouse
Festival du Cinéma Italien de Paris
Tokio Italian Film Festival
Cinéma Italien à Voiron
Festival del cinema italiano di Ajaccio
Films d'Auteur Belgrade
Black Nights Film Festival
Cape Town Film Festival
Lubiana International Film Festival
Sevilla Festival de Cine
Cineacademia Bazilia
Seoul European Film Festival
Sao Paulo International Film Festival
50 The Times BFI-London Film Festival
Bergen International Film Festival
Haifa International Film Festival
Annecy Festival du Cinéma Italien
Festival du Film Italien de Villerupt
Rio do Janeiro International Film Festival
Cinema Italian Style di Los Angeles
Sevilla Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Cape Town International Film Festival
Tallin International Film Festival
Open Roads - New York
Copenhagen International Film Festival

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