A film by Matteo Oleotto
Paolo, passes his days dragging himself between drinking sessions in the local bar with his friends, an unsatisfying job and an unsuccessful dream of winning back his ex-wife.
One day, he comes across his nephew Zoran, a curious boy of fifteen, born and raised in the mountains along with an aunt that Paolo did not know to have. After her death, Paolo is the only person who can take care of the boy. One day, he discovers that Zoran has a bizarre and unexpected gift: he is a real champion in playing darts. This is an opportunity for Paolo to take a revenge against the world.
But things do not always develop as we would like them to.
FILM OF THE YEAR
WINNER 28th Venice International Critics' Week
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Year: 2013
Production Countries: Italy, Slovenia
Runtime: 106 min.
Original Language: Italian
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
CREW
Director: Matteo Oleotto
Story: Daniela Gambaro, Pier Paolo Piciarelli, Matteo Oleotto
Screenplay: Daniela Gambaro, Pier Paolo Piciarelli, Matteo Oleotto, Marco Pettenello
Editing: Giuseppe Trepiccione
Cinematography: Ferran Paredes Rubio
Music: Antonio Gramentieri Con Sacri Cuori
Producer: Igor Prinčič
Coproducer: Miha Černec
CAST
Giuseppe Battiston
Teco Celio
Rok Prašnikar
Robero Citran
Marjuta Slamič
AWARDS AND SCREENING
28th Venice International Critics Week – Audience Award, Fedic Award, Fedeora Jury, Special Mention Best actor, Quality Label Award
FSF – Festival of Slovenian Film – Best co-production, Best art-direction
Rec Festival Tarragona – Audience Award
Sofia International Film Festival – Young Jury Award
8 1/2: Festa do Cinema Italiano Audience Award
Festival del Cinema Europeo di Lecce Premio Mario Verdone
David di Donatello: Best Debut – Nominated, Best Actor – Nominated
Silver Ribbon: Best Subject – Nominated
Golden Globe: Best Film – Nominated, Best Debut, Nominated, Best Comedy, Nominated, Best Actor, Nominated
Mostra do Cine de Sao Paulo
Zagreb Film Festival
Mannheim Heidelberg Interantional Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Scanorama Forum of European Cinema
LIFFE
Bratislava International Film Festival
Cinequest
FebioFest
Castellinaria
Rec Festival Tarragona
Made in Italy
Venezia in Russia
Spring Film Festival
Beijing International Film Festival
International Film Festival of Innsbruck
Italian Contemporary Film Festival, Toronto
San Francisco Italian Film Festival
Miami Italian Film Festival
Lavazza Italian Film Festival
Festival du Film Italien de Villerupt
Semaines de Cinema Italien de Chambery
Festival du Cinema Italien de Tolouse
Minneapolis Italian Film Festival
Festival di Cinema di Nantes
Festival Terra di Cinema
Film Festival Digne
Cineteca Valencia
Ajaccio Film Festival
Grenoble- Dolce Cinema
DIRECTOR
Matteo Oleotto
Matteo Oleotto was born in Gorizia in 1977. In 2001 he graduated in Acting from the Civica Accademia d’Arte Drammatica “Nico Pepe” of Udine and in 2005 in Film Direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. His shorts won awards all over the world. He worked as director for TV programmes and commercials.
