The Big Step
Italy's secret space program is underway.
96 mins
At the age of six, Dario watched the first moon flight on television. Since then, his dream has been to fly to the moon. For the past three decades, the ingenious but difficult by nature Dario has been building a moon rocket on his farm in the Veneto countryside. Rocket technology represents applied rocket science. Its systems are implemented on a do-it-yourself basis, and the components are obtained from the local hardware store. The initial launch of the rocket fails. The neighbor's cornfield burns down and Dario is arrested. When his Roman brother Mario hears about the difficulties that have arisen, he goes to his aid and Italy's secret space program finally gets going.
Valerio Mazzucato
Garbin
Leonardo Antaridi
Ilario
Antonio Padovan
Director
Antonio Padovan
Writer
Marco Pettenello
Writer
Antonio Padovan
Screenplay
Marco Pettenello
Screenplay
Paolo Cottignola
Editor
Duccio Cimatti
Director of Photography
Elisabetta Olmi
Producer
Donatella Palermo
Producer
Gaspare De Pascali
Production Design
Mattia Lorusso
Production Designer
Lucia Patullo
Makeup Artist
Consuelo Vitturi
Key Makeup Artist
Paola Bonsembiante
Second Assistant Director
Alessandra Gori
First Assistant Director
Federica Sciacca
Assistant Art Director
Mattia Biadene
Boom Operator
Alessandro Giacco
Foley Artist
Francesco Liotard
Sound Editor
Massimo Cipollina
Visual Effects Supervisor
Paolo Di Gioia
Digital Compositor
Diego Di Paola
Digital Compositor
Gianni Melito
Digital Compositor
Federico Pansardi
3D Generalist
Heriberto Penche
Digital Compositor
Nicolò Terranova
Digital Compositor
Federico Allegretta
Data Management Technician
Francesco Ranieri
Video Assist Operator
Paolo Sartori
Gaffer
Sara Cavagnini
Assistant Costume Designer
Ercole Cosmi
Colorist
Elisabetta Guidotto
Script Supervisor