Synopsis
An unlikely group of soldiers and courtiers led by Marcount Berlocchio and his new bride Bernarda take possession of a distant fief. But their castle is a decrepit dump and their villagers aren’t willing to be ruled. Profane appetites and sacred yearnings, sloppy guards and poor rascals, in a fantastic Middle Age tale of freedom, hunger, sex and power.
Encountering Malerba’s novel was the beginning of a journey into another world, an invitation to visit a time and place I would never have seen otherwise. His quirky and poignant characters kept me company and I immediately recognized them as our contemporaries.
Francesco Lagi
Directed by
Produced by
Vivo film with Rai Cinema in association with Colorado Film Production, Umedia, with the support of MIC – Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo, Regione Lazio, UFund, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge and Tax Shelter Investors
Cast
Lino Musella: Berlocchio
Giorgio Tirabassi: Belcapo
Viviana Cangiano: Bernarda
Giovanni Ludeno: Manfredo
Vincenzo Nemolato: Ulfredo
Daria Deflorian: Vecchia del Castellazzo
con Alessandro Gassmann: Frate Cappuccio
e con Valerio Mastandrea: Migone
Crew
writtend and directed by Francesco Lagi
tratto dal romanzo Il Pataffio di Luigi Malerba
produced by Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa
co-produced by Maurizio Totti, Alessandro Usai e Iginio Straffi
Bastien Sirodot, Beata Saboova e Cédric Iland
DOP Diego Romero Suarez Llanos
editor Stefano Cravero
author of the original musics Stefano Bollani
production designer Daniele Frabetti
costume designer Mariano Tufano
make-up artist Antonello Resch
hairdresser Marco Perna
line producer Gian Luca Chiaretti
production sound Dominique Warnier
sound consultant Giuseppe D’Amato
sound editor Marc Bastien
re-recording mixer Giancarlo Rutigliano
casting Francesca Borromeo
Technical data
Country Italy/Belgium
Year 2022
Running time 117’
Festivals and awards
75. Locarno Film Festival – Concorso Internazionale
International Sales
The Match Factory
Italian Distribution
01 Distribution