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CANNED HEROES

EROI DI LATTA

Drama - Development 2023

When his drug addict brother is released from prison, a hard working father must choose between turning his back or risking his own life and his family to save his younger brother.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- ITALY, UNITED KINGDOM
- Languages
- ITALIAN, ENGLISH
- Budget
- 3 - 5 M$
- Duration
- 120 mn
- Writer(s)
- Daniel ROSE CARME
- Producer(s)
- Luca ZIZZARI (Ubiquitous Film Productions)
- Synopsis
- In the foggy and industrial province of Lombardy in the mid-1980s, the fate of a family like many others, unfolds.
  Cristiano - immersed in the present, works hard at the local factory to secure a better future for his family, while Luisa, his mother, is anchored in the past, living in her memories.
  When Cristiano’s brother returns to town after a stint in prison, Luisa deludes herself that she can rescue him, but ultimately, it falls to Cristiano to bear the weight...
  The destinies of 3 generations alternate between past, present and future.
  A story of extraordinary feats performed by ordinary people, who although aren’t superheroes with superpowers, are CANNED HEROES: EROI DI LATTA - made of tin, the very metal craftsmanship made in the town’s factories, working through life the best they can.