Branchie
| Branchie | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Francesco Ranieri Martinotti |
| Screenplay by | Fulvio Ottaviano Francesco Ranieri Martinotti |
| Based on | Branchie by Niccolò Ammaniti |
| Produced by | Fulvio Ottaviano |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Marco Cristiani |
| Edited by | Mauro Bonanni |
| Music by | Andrea Rocca |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Branchie (transl. Gills) is a 1999 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Francesco Ranieri Martinotti and starring Gianluca Grignani and Valentina Cervi. It is based on the novel of the same name by Niccolò Ammaniti.[1][2] The film was released on 12 November 1999[3] to negative reviews.[4][5]
Plot
[edit]Terminally ill with cancer, Marco Donati only has three months to live and decides to work in an abandoned aquarium in Rome. He receives a letter from India from a mysterious person named Mrs. Margareth, who asks him to build the largest aquarium in Delhi.[6] While in India, he has strange encounters with a new group of friends.[7]
Cast
[edit]- Gianluca Grignani as Marco Donati
- Valentina Cervi as Livia
- Tomas Arana as Valery Subotnik
- Christopher Buchholz as Olivier
- Gianluca Gobbi as Gogo
- Andrea Bove as Franco
- Enzo Limardi as Gabriele
- Malvika Singh as Mila
- Michael Muthu as Sarwar
- Nandana Sen as Eugenia
- Aditya Kamalapurkar as Deuter
- Mithran Devanesan as Maggiordomo
- Gulshan Grover as John Paul
- Paola Quattrini as Eugenia
Production
[edit]Gianluca Grignani made his acting debut with this film.[7][8] The film was shot for around four weeks in Madras and Genoa.[9]
Reception
[edit]The film was reviewed by La Stampa.[10] A critic from Mymovies rated the film one out of five stars.[11] A critic from Film UP wrote that "The character of Marco is an attempt to describe what is commonly believed to be today's young people with a sense of malaise and existential discomfort, which are manifested by the disease. The trip to India is in a certain sense the liberation from all those constraints that this stereotype would feel from the society that surrounds it. In these places you breathe differently, it is a world where spirituality is felt more than the material sense that is experienced in the West".[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Comand, Mariapia (2008). Sulla carta: Storia e storie della sceneggiatura in Italia (in Italian). Lindau. p. 250. ISBN 9788871805856.
- ^ "Ammaniti diventa regista di una serie tv a sei mani: 'Il miracolo'". la Repubblica (in Italian). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ Chiti, Roberto; Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano (in Italian). Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-8440-085-7.
- ^ "Prime Visioni". La Stampa (in Italian). 12 November 1999.
- "Prime Visioni". La Stampa (in Italian). 12 November 1999. - ^ Branchie (in Italian), retrieved 26 February 2024
- ^ Frigerio, Laura (29 May 2018). "Il Miracolo di Niccolò Ammaniti termina stasera. I 5 film per consolarsi" [The Miracle of Niccolò Ammaniti ends tonight. The 5 films to console yourself]. GQ Italia (in Italian).
- "Niccolò Ammaniti, i film e le serie tv tratte dai suoi libri" [Niccolò Ammaniti, the films and TV series based on his books.]. Sky TG24 (in Italian). 20 April 2021. - ^ a b "Trame" [Frame]. La Stampa (in Italian). 12 November 1999.
- ^ Giangrande, Antonio. ANNO 2022 LO SPETTACOLO E LO SPORT QUARTA PARTE (in Italian). p. 65 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Branchie". FilmUp (in Italian).
- ^ Tornabuoni, Lietta (14 November 1999). "Branchie". La Stampa (in Italian) – via Mymovies.
- ^ Farinotti, Pino. "Branchie (1999)". Mymovies (in Italian).