For Giovanni Cuttin, it all began with his first taste of wine. From that moment on, his personality changed. In just three years, he went from being a shy bank teller and faithful husband to bank president, Don Juan and the most highly esteemed wine expert in Italy. Just as the mysterious "Professor" had predicted when he convinced him to take his first sip of wine. The only event that the "Professor" couldn’t foresee that was Giovanni would soon be accused of killing his wife Adele.

Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani graduated from the National Film School in Rome in 1992. In 1998 he directed Mare largo, five years after making Ilaria Alpi: The Cruelest Day (which won Giovanna Mezzogiorno a David di Donatello for Best Actress). He has made numerous documentaries in recent years: Sessantotto, Utopia della realtà (2007); Zulu meets Jazz (2007); Percorsi di pace (2008), which screened at the Venice Biennale; and Time in Jazz (2009), a collaboration with jazz musician Paolo Fresu. He also co-wrote the screenplay of Certi bambini by Antonio and Andrea Frazzi. He has produced diverse films and documentaries, including: Sabina Guzzanti’s Viva Zapatero (2005, Nastro D’argento) and her more recent Draquila (2010); La velocità della luce by Andrea Papini (2007); Fabiomassimo Lozzi’s Another World; Rochstalghia by Toffanetti & Barison (2008); Antonio Falduto’s Il Console Italiano (2011); and Appartamento ad Atene (2011) by Ruggero Dipaola.