Manuel
95 mins
An eighteen-year-old boy is released from an institute for minors with no family support, and for the first time tastes the bittersweet flavor of freedom; an imprisoned mother longs to go back and start all over again. These are the characters taken from the real world and transferred into a film that is first of all a shadowing of human beings, of their hopes and little acts of cowardice. But it is also the story of a time of waiting, of a soul going around in circles, a coming of age in a desolate and oppressive, marginal context that becomes a character in its own right.
Frankino Murgia
Frankino
Alessandro Sardelli
Robertino
Manuela Ruiu Smith
Viola
Giuseppe Leonetti
Don Marcello
Loredana Carrera
La suora
Tommaso Antonelli
Tommaso
Giorgia Dominici
Giorgia
Fabrizio Orsomando
Psicologo
Rocco Passarella
Fornaio
Simona Sabuzi
Elena
Nicola Bonifati
Data Management Technician
Nicola Bonifati
Co-Editor
Roberto Bigherati
Casting
Virginia Barone
Costume Design
Giuseppe Maio
Cinematography
Simone Ranucci
Writer
Matilde Barbagallo
Producer
Cinzia Spano
Executive Producer
Daniele Occhipinti
Finance
Luca Agatensi
First Assistant Director
Michael Brunnock
Music
Ivo Parlati
Music
Pasquale Di Viccaro
Visual Effects Supervisor
Giulio Parati
Digital Compositor
Giuseppe Maio
Camera Operator
Ernesto Busillo
First Assistant Camera
Alessio David Ciattini
Digital Imaging Technician
Davide Del Vescovo
Data Management Technician
Daniele Di Russo
Gaffer
Giuseppe Fanelli
Grip
Giovanni Bivi
Color Timer
Nicola Bonifati
Post Producer
Daniele Cipriani
Colorist
Riccardo Micalizio
Editorial Coordinator
Giuseppe Priore
Assistant Editor
Jacopo Bistacchia
Publicist
Alice Taetti
Production Accountant
Nuot Arquint
Thanks
Matilde Barbagallo
Thanks
Ernesto Busillo
Thanks
Patrizia Cafiero
Thanks
Frank Forte
Thanks
Carlo Loreti
Thanks
Giuseppe Maio
Thanks
Ivo Parlati
Thanks
Raimundo Russeni
Thanks
Franco Soro
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Tamar Tassi
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Simone Ranucci
Story
Simone Ranucci
Screenplay