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AMARE AMARO

By Julien PAOLINI

A VIF CINÉMAS - as DISTR

Drama - Completed 2018

A man puts his life in danger by taking a stand for humanity against the brutality of ancient tradition.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival Polar de Cognac 2018

WINNER GRAND PRIX

Festival International de Saint-Jean de Luz 2018

competition

CINEMED 2018

panorama

Festival du film politique Porto Vecchio 2018

ouverture, competition

Festival du cinema et de la musique de film, La Baule 2018

competition

Efebo d'Oro, Palermo 2019

competition

Prifest, Kosovo 2019

european competition

Rencontres cinematographiques Salon de Provence 2019

competition

- Year of production
- 2018
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Western
- Countries
- FRANCE
- Languages
- ITALIAN, FRENCH
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 89 mn
- Director(s)
- Julien PAOLINI
- Writer(s)
- Samy BAAROUN
- Cast
- Syrus SHAHIDI, Celeste CASCIARO, Tony SPERANDEO, Ciro PETRONE
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-49D9-0000-J-0000-0000-H
- Producer(s)
- Julien PAOLINI (La Reserve), Syrus SHAHIDI (La Reserve), Clement LECOMTE (La Reserve), Angelo LAUDISA (Rosebud), Xavier PLECHE (Picseyes)
- Synopsis
- A contemporary reading of Antigone. Gaetano, a quiet young man, lives near the bedside of his father and works alone to manage the family bakery. Although his French baguettes are well liked, as the Paris-born son of a Sicilian mother and French father, the village has never accepted him. When his wastrel elder brother dies committing a crime that results in the death of two others, Gaetano assumes his family responsibility to bury him next to their mother. But in this village, the weight of tradition is omnipotent. The mayor Enza enforces the law like an underworld don, declaring there is no place for bad people to be buried beside the good in the municipal cemetery. She denies Gaetano access to his brother’s body. Enza’s daughter Anna is Gaetano’s lover. She witnesses his resolve and encourages Gaetano to take a stand for his family honor, even as doing so will put his life in danger.