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Original Film Title: ‘A MUZZARELL’
Director’s Name: Diego Santangelo
Writer’s Name: Diego Santangelo, Naomi Sally Santangelo
Producer: Naomi Sally Santangelo, Beniamino Manferlotti, Marica Di Matteo
Country of Origin: Italy
Country of Filming: Italy
Language: Italian
Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes 8 seconds
Film Description:
Daniele, a rebellious and intolerant fourteen year old from Castel Volturno, is about to lose his grandmother who lives 40 km away, in Bagnoli in the Campi Flegrei. He and his best friend Lucio do crack. It’s their first time. To fulfill the woman’s last will, to eat a mozzarella made by her son, or rather the father of Daniele, a buffalo breeder, the boy embarks on a journey first on a moped and then on foot in the company of his crush, Martina.
In the grip of drugs and social exclusion, the clan of drug dealers, of which he becomes a courier, unexpected encounters are opposed, for better or for worse, with uncommon people and paranormal experiences that emerge persistently, triggering memories of a happy age soon forgotten .
When he asks the boss ‘O Biondo and his lieutenant El Napolitano for help and money, he still doesn’t know that he has slipped right into the wolf’s den. They impose a package of crack doses to deliver and no money to get by with the problems that arise along the way. While the rivalry between the Casal Di Principe gang and the group of Nigerians, who are trying to take control of the drug dealing square, culminates in an open massacre between hundreds of young people addicted to getting high, O’biondo, in agreement with the drug trafficker the Cuban, ambushes the head of the Nigerians in which Daniele is also involved. The Cuban carries an imposing load and his fire group, of which Daniele and Martina will experience all the ferocity.
The journey through extreme events thus becomes a path of self-discovery and at the same time an escape route. Above everything hovers the mysterious presence of a woman who appears in different clothes and ages and who seems to accompany him on his journey towards freedom.