L'ESTATE DI DAVIDE
synopsis
At 19, David has his diploma (the first in his family), a job at a car wash, and little else. His family is broke and argues constantly. So, unannounced, David leaves Turin for his uncle's farm. The gruff uncle sets David to work, and softens as the youth proves himself. When David is injured, Patrizia, who works at a nearby factory, drives him to hospital. There he meets the outgoing Alem, a Bosnian who's always on the hustle. Once healed, he continues these relationships, but all three (with his uncle, with Patrizia, and with Alem) change irrevocably when drugs enter the picture. Who is Patrizia's friend with the black Mercedes? What will David do when he finds out?
original title: | L'estate di Davide |
country: | Italy |
year: | 1998 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Carlo Mazzacurati |
film run: | 100' |
release date: | CH 09/08/1998, IT 11/09/1998, HU 02/06/2005 |
screenplay: | Carlo Mazzacurati, Claudio Piersanti |
cast: | Patrizia Piccinini, Toni Bertorelli, Silvana De Santis, Emanuele Barresi, Paola Rota, Manrico Gammarota, Maria Pia Colonnello |
cinematography by: | Alessandro Pesci |
film editing: | Paolo Cottignola |
art director: | Leonardo Scarpa |
costumes designer: | Francesca Sartori |
music: | Ivano Fossati |