AMARE AMARO


A man puts his life in danger by taking a stand for humanity against the brutality of ancient tradition.


FRANCE - ITALY / 90 minutes / DCP / COLOR / 5.1






SYNOPSIS
A contemporary reading of Antigone. Gaetano, a quiet young man, lives near the bedside of his father and works alone to manage the family bakery. Although his French baguettes are well liked, as the Paris-born son of a Sicilian mother and French father, the village has never accepted him. When his wastrel elder brother dies committing a crime that results in the death of two others, Gaetano assumes his family responsibility to bury him next to their mother. But in this village, the weight of tradition is omnipotent. The mayor Enza enforces the law like an underworld don, declaring there is no place for bad people to be buried beside the good in the municipal cemetery. She denies Gaetano access to his brother’s body. Enza’s daughter Anna is Gaetano’s lover. She witnesses his resolve and encourages Gaetano to take a stand for his family honor, even as doing so will put his life in danger.








Gaetano

Anna

Enza

Maresciallo

Gianni

The Father

Bebeto

Carlo

Tonio

Giuseppe

Vaniglia

Andrea

Mouton

Lucia

Daniela

Grazia

Salvo

Rosario

Gabriele

Desi

The brother





Director

Screenwriters

Executive Producers



Line Producer France

France Administrator

Co-Producers





Associate Producers



Head of Production Sicily

Line Producer Sicily

1st Assistant Director

2nd Assistant Director

Script Supervisor

Italian Coach

Director of Photography

Sound Mixer

Set Design

Costume Supervisor

Editor

Music


Public Relations

International Sales




CAST

Syrus Shahidi

Virginia Perroni

Celeste Casciaro

Tony Sperandeo

Dino Favuzza

Fosco Perinti

Ciro Petrone

Gabriele Arena

Paolo Brancati

Giuseppe Lo Nardo

Francesco Russo

Lorenzo Randazzo

Gianfranco Damiano

Giuditta Perriera

Daniela Lo Nardo

Nunziatina Lo Presti

Salvo Lo Nardo

Rosario Lo Nardo

Giovanni Zingale

Desire Lo Nardo

Vito Crimi



CREW

Julien Paolini

Samy Baaroun & Julien Paolini

Julien Paolini Angelo Laudisa Syrus 

Shahidi Clément Lecomte

Gilles Monnier

Thomas Bouvard

Xavier Plèche, Quentin Heneguelle,

Pierre Cazenave-Kaufman, Grégoire Giral,

Philippe Mesteli

Vincenzo Cusumano, Mathieu Kervenec,

Julien Vicaire

Vincenzo Cusumano

Andrea Santoro

Benoît Seiller

Alice Di Giacomo

Marie Féreol

Fosco Perinti

Tristan Chenais

Martin Lanot

Lisa Paolini

Olga Richon

Gwen Ghelid

Pasquale Filastò


Lucius Barre: lucius@luciusbarre.com

Matteo Lovadina: info@reelsuspects.com




 

JULIEN PAOLINI

Film Director