THE PAYBACK

LA RIVINCITA

By Leo MUSCATO

ALTRE STORIE - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, ITALY / PROD

Drama - Completed 2019

The economic and family misadventures of two brothers, Vincenzo and Sabino, and their wives, Maja and Angela. A bitter insight into contemporary Italy: the new poverty, injustice, abuse, but also the strength to fight, despite everything, to never give up.

Festivals
& Awards

Bari International Film Festival 2020
New Italian Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • ITALY
    • Director(s)
    • Leo MUSCATO
    • Writer(s)
    • Michele SANTERAMO, Leo MUSCATO
    • Producer(s)
    • Cesare FRAGNELLI (Altre Storie), Paolo DEL BROCCO (Rai Cinema), Regione LAZIO (Regione Lazio), Regione PUGLIA (Regione Puglia), Apulia FILM COMMISSION (Apulia Film Commission)
    • Synopsis
    • Based on the novel La Rivincita of by Michele Santeramo, it recounts the economic and family misadventures of two brothers, Vincenzo and Sabino, and their wives, Maja and Angela. As happens to so many families in our time, they have lost every right. For them, even the desire for a child becomes an unattainable luxury. An economic precariousness that profoundly affects their emotional and family ties, their dignity. But our protagonists do not give up, they fight for survival, in search of their personal payback .A bitter insight into contemporary Italy: the new poverty, injustice, abuse, but also the strength to fight, despite everything, to never give up.