IL MANGIATORE DI PIETRE

THE STONE EATER

By Bellucci NICOLA

COCCINELLE FILM SALES - as SALES world excl Switzerland and Italy

Thriller - Completed 2018

A thriller in the Italian Alps. Luigi Lo Cascio plays a passeur, Cesare, who in search of a murderer, realizes he can not escape his fate.

Festivals
& Awards

Zurich FF 2018
competition
Torino FF 2018
Mobile
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Thriller
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND, ITALY
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 109 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Bellucci NICOLA
    • Producer(s)
    • Pascal TRÄCHSLIN (CINEWORX FILMPRODUKTION GMBH), Enzo PORCELLI (ACHAB)
    • Synopsis
    • Cesare (Luigi Lo Cascio), a former bootlegger and human trafficker who lost his wife some years ago, finds the murdered body of his nephew Fausto in a remote Piedmont valley. Cesare himself introduced Fausto to the business of smuggling but left the ‘business’ when Fausto decided to specialize in drug trafficking from Italy to Switzerland.
      As soon as the police starts to investigate the murder case, Cesare comes under investigation. But soon the widowed loner wins the trust of the leading investigator Sonja di Meo…

      Based on the acclaimed novel by Davide Longo.