ItalianoMani nude
23 October 21:30
Sala Sinopoli
Pub Acc
Festa del cinema
Synopsis
One night, eighteen-year-old Davide is kidnapped and locked in the back of a truck, where he finds himself wrestling with a total stranger and ends up killing him with his bare hands. His kidnapper, Minuto, becomes a father figure to him, trains him to be a wrestler and provides him an entrée into the world of underground fight clubs that cater to spectators’ thirst for blood. Only love, perhaps, can save Davide.
COMMENTARY
After Non odiare, Mauro Mancini continues to make films about the roots of violence, probing, in original and complex ways, the wounds of human souls. Sandro Chessa’s cinematography gives the story a magnetic underwater feel.
Director
Mauro Mancini
Mauro Mancini is a multi-award-winning Italian filmmaker, screenwriter and photographer. Over the course of his career he has directed dozens of short films, commercials, music videos and TV series. Thou Shalt Not Hate, his first feature film in competition at Venice, was the recipient of an array of awards and nominations, including nods for Best New Director at the David di Donatello and the Silver Ribbons. Mani Nude is his second feature film for the big screen.