Alì Blue Eyes (2012)
Ostia, outskirts of Rome: the beach in winter. Two sixteen-year-old boys steal a scooter at 8 in the morning, then rob a store, all in time for getting to school at 9. Nader is Egyptian, but was born in Rome. Stefano is Italian and his best friend Brigitte, Nader’s girlfriend, is also Italian, but for this very reason Nader’s parents are against the match, and Nader runs away from home. The film describes a week in the life of a teenager who tries to subvert the values of his own family. Torn between his Arab and Italian identity, audacious and in love, like the hero of a contemporary fairy tale, Nader will have to put up with the cold, the loneliness, life on the street, hunger and fear, the flight from his enemies and the loss of his friends, before he can really understand who he is.
Director: Claudio Giovannesi
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Nader Sarhan as Nader |
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Stefano Rabatti as Stefano |
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Marian Valenti Adrian as Zoran |
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Brigitte Abruzzesi as Brigitte |
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Marco Conidi as Padre di Brigitte |
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Alessandra Roca as Madre di Brigitte |
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Totò Onnis as Poliziotto |
| Directing | Claudio Giovannesi | Director |
| Writing | Claudio Giovannesi | Writer |
| Writing | Filippo Gravino | Writer |
| Directing | Adriano Candiago | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Daniele Ciprì | Cinematography |
| Camera | Daniele Ciprì | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Giuseppe Trepiccione | Editor |
| Sound | Claudio Giovannesi | Music |
| Sound | Claudio Giovannesi | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Lorenzo Grasso | Casting Director |
| Art | Daniele Frabetti | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Medile Siaulytyte | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miria Germano | Makeup Department Head |
| Production | Fabrizio Mosca | Producer |
| Production | Alessandra Grilli | Executive Producer |
| Production | Giuseppe Camassa | Production Assistant |
| Production | Pierre D'Oncieu | Production Assistant |
| Production | Francesco Tatò | Line Producer |
| Sound | Giovanni Marolla | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Andrea Moscianese | Sound |
| Directing | Giulia Contino | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Rocio Valladares Alegria | Digital Colorist |
| Production | Morena Amato | Production Assistant |
| Art | Luca Arceci | Property Master |
| Production | Ilaria Braghese | Coordinating Producer |
| Crew | Gianni Amelio | Thanks |
| Crew | Luca Benedetti | Thanks |
| Crew | Oswald Garms | Thanks |
| Crew | Paolo Mosca | Thanks |
| Crew | Paola Trisoglio | Thanks |
| Crew | Pina Vitale | Thanks |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sara Cavagnini | Costume Assistant |
| Production | Dario Di Vito | Post Production Producer |
| Crew | Irma Misantoni | Post Production Supervisor |
| Editing | Francesco Panetta | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Davide Marchi | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Lorenzo Grasso | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tommaso Landucci | Assistant Director |
| Production | Livia Barbieri | Production Director |
| Production | Giuseppe Di Gangi | Production Manager |
| Production | Monica Giuliani | Accountant |
| Production | Clara Mecchi | Accountant |
| Production | Giuseppe Pugliese | Production Manager |
| Crew | Tiberio Angeloni | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Franco Galiano | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Paolo Galiano | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Stefano Marinoni | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Federica Nisi | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Alessandro Puzzi | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Paola Trisoglio | Visual Effects |
| Camera | Daniele Ciprì | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Martina Cocco | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Pietro Cusimano | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Michele Giuseppe Lacerenza | Electrician |
| Camera | Guido Michelotti | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Maura Morales Bergmann | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Emanuele Ranesi | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Simone Scarozza | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Angelo Turetta | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Paolo Amici | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Corrado Azzariti | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Angelo Bonanni | Sound Technical Supervisor |
| Sound | Fabio Chiossi | Sound |
| Sound | Giuseppe D'Amato | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Davide D'Onofrio | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Daniele Quadroli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | David Quadroli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Riccardo Spagnol | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Francesco Apice | Writers' Assistant |