Bastardi a mano armata – A Bunch of Bastards

by Gabriele Albanesi
Italy, Brazil, 2021, 100′, color

Michele, a well-off fifty-year-old with a tranquil existence, is spending a few days in an elegant chalet in the mountains with his wife Damiana and his daughter Fiore. One night Sergio breaks into the house: just out of prison in Algeria, he’s been charged by a dangerous mobster (Caligola) to retrieve documents regarding a theft carried out years before. When he happens on Michele, he takes him and his family hostage while he waits for Caligola to appear. But the situation soon risks spinning out of control.

“The film’s structure is divided into two separate parts. The first is all atmosphere and tension, while in the second the situation blows up, with clashes and killings of those involved. The first part is rock music; the second heavy metal. In between there’s a major plot twist which flips the style of the film as well. Despite this, the film is by no means schizophrenic, since the narrative structure unfolds according to an internal logic.” [Gabriele Albanesi]

screenplay
Gabriele Albanesi
Luca Poldelmengo
Gianluca Curti

cinematography
Davide Manca

editing
Luigi Mearelli

music
Emanuele Frusi

sound
Verdiana Saint Amour

production design
Paola Peraro

costumes
Sara Fanelli

cast
Marco Bocci
Sergio
Fortunato Cerlino
Caligola
Peppino Mazzotta
Michele
Maria Fernanda Candido
Damiana
Amanda Campana
Fiore

producers
Santo Versace
Gianluca Curti
Paulo Boccato

productions
Minerva Pictures
Boccato Productions
with
Rai Cinema

with the support of
MiBACT

in collaboration with
Amazon Prime Video

vendite internazionali
Minerva Pictures
www.minervapictures.com
info@minervapictures.com

FILMOGRAFIA

2021 Bastardi a mano armata (A Bunch of Bastards)
2014 Paranormal Stories
(prologue to an anthology film)

2010 Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show
2006 Il bosco fuori (The Last House in the Woods)