Suffocating Heat (1991)
On June 30, 1990, in Rome, Marie Christine is getting ready to take her son Pietro and Paolo to their father for the weekend. As the Football World Cup is taking place in Italy, Rome is flooded with supporters; the traffic is chaotic and French-born Marie Christine, who works as a translator, finds a bag that belongs to Miriam, who must leave the next day. Marie Christine decides to find her to return her passport, but one Giuliano Ferrini tries to prevent this. So Marie Christine finds herself navigating through a hot Roman night in a city she doesn't know, among people she never dreamed could inhabit the same city.
Director: Giovanna Gagliardo
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Christine Boisson as Marie Christine |
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Ennio Fantastichini as Giuliano Ferrini |
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Fiorenza Marchegiani as Brunella |
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Maurizio Fardo as Maurizio |
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Valeria Fabrizi as The owner of the villa |
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Tony Sperandeo as Aiutante Giuliano |
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Brando Fanano as Pietro |
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Filippo Fanano as Paolo |
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Camilla Adami as The painter |
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Gabriella Saitta as Monica |
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Cinzia Leone as Brunella |
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Jacques Sernas as The President |
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Laura Betti as Laura |
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Gabriele Ferzetti as Gaetano Castelli |
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Alberto Moravia as |
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Giulio Base as |
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Raffaella Offidani as Mirian |
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Luisa De Santis as Singer at the party |
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John Francis Lane as John |
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Allen Midgette as Andy Warhol |
| Sound | Gianluca Podio | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Roberto Mazzoni | Writer |
| Directing | Giovanna Gagliardo | Director |
| Writing | Giovanna Gagliardo | Writer |
| Writing | Ennio De Concini | Writer |
| Camera | Matteo Garrone | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Cristiano Pogany | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Giuseppe Lanci | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Giovanna Gagliardo | Book |
| Editing | Roberto Perpignani | Editor |
| Art | Lorenzo Baraldi | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gianna Gissi | Costume Designer |
| Crew | Antonio Corridori | Special Effects |
| Production | Emilio Bolles | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alessandro Bertolazzi | Makeup Department Head |