Open Sea (1998)
For personal and humanitarian reasons, Edoardo, a Ligurian sea captain, agrees to run a shipment of arms to Bosnian rebels for a shady Russian in Toulon who calls himself Riffaud. Edoardo's lover Clara wants him to quit the sea and Riffaud's wife warns Edoardo not to trust her husband, but Edoardo takes the job anyway. Sailing up the Adriatic, the crew threatens mutiny when they learn they must dock in a war zone. Once in port, little goes as Riffaud promised, and Edoardo must travel with a translator to the rebels' mountain stronghold to get payment for the crew. The war is all around them as Clara waits at home and the translator begs passage to Italy.
Director:
Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani
Writers:
Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani, Lorenzo Favella.
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Claudio Amendola as Edoardo |
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Isabella Ferrari as Clara |
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Catherine Wilkening as Annick Riffaud |
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Liberto Rabal as Manuel |
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Rade Šerbedžija as Francois Riffaud |
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Andreja Blagojević as Edoardo's translator |
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Franco Trevisi as Franco |
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Federico Pacifici as Pietro |
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Giovanni Visentin as Enrico |
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Lello Giulivo as Pasquale |
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Paolo De Vita as Nostromo |
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Giuditta Del Vecchio as Paola |
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Tonino Taiuti as Luciano |
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Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović as Volkan |
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Francesco Carnelutti as Giovanni |
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Josif Tatić as Colonello |
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Radoslav 'Rale' Milenković as Un ufficiale |
| Directing | Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani | Director |
| Writing | Francesco Biamonti | Novel |
| Production | Davide Bassan | Production Designer |
| Writing | Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lorenzo Favella | Screenplay |