The Ark Of Disperata (2017)
At Disperata, a small town in Southern Italy, the melancholy mayor Filippo Pisanelli feels terribly unfit for his role. Only a love of poetry and his passion for the literature lessons he gives to prison inmates admit a chink of light into his general state of depression. In jail he meets Pati, a small-time criminal from his own town. Pati and his brother Angiolino were dreaming of becoming the mafia bosses of Capo di Leuca, but the encounter with art changes everything and an unusual friendship between the three men will lead them to make courageous choices.
Director:
Edoardo Winspeare
Writers:
Alessandro Valenti, Edoardo Winspeare.
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Antonio Carluccio as Angiolino 'Rrunza' |
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Gustavo Caputo as Sindaco Filippo Pisanelli |
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Celeste Casciaro as Eufemia Protopapa |
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Davide Riso as Biagetto |
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Claudio Giangreco as Pati 'Rrunza' |
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Alessandra De Luca as Valentina |
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Francesco Ferrante as Sabino |
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Antonio Pennarella as Ciro a' Bestia |
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Tommasina Cacciatore as Franca |
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Marco Antonio Romano as Consigliere Cazzato |
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Salvatore della Villa as Consigliere Ricchiuto |
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Ippolito Chiariello as Consigliere Zocco |
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Fabrizio Saccomanno as Nullafacente I |
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Fabrizio Pugliese as Nullafacente II |
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Domenico Mazzotta as Nullafacente III |
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Giorgio Casciaro as Lillino |
| Writing | Alessandro Valenti | Screenplay |
| Production | Alessandro Contessa | Producer |
| Camera | Giorgio Giannoccaro | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mirko Lodedo | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Edoardo Winspeare | Screenplay |
| Directing | Edoardo Winspeare | Director |
| Production | Edoardo Winspeare | Producer |
| Production | Gustavo Caputo | Producer |
| Production | Charles Adriaenssen | Co-Producer |
| Production | Diane Adriaenssen | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ferdinando Cocco | Producer |
| Production | Taku Komaya | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Mirko Lodedo | Music |
| Crew | Giorgio Giannoccaro | Cinematography |
| Editing | Andrea Facchini | Editor |
| Art | Sabrina Balestra | Set Decoration |
| Art | Egle Calò | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ilenia Miggiano | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Arianna Lumare | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Ferdinando Cocco | Production Manager |
| Directing | Miguel Lombardi | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Luca Melcarne | Third Assistant Director |
| Art | Luigi Conte | Assistant Production Design |
| Editing | Marco Conoci | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Marco Saitta | Music Editor |
| Directing | Valentina Scuro | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Ercole Cosmi | Colorist |
| Production | Leo De Matteis | Production Secretary |
| Production | Mario Sangiovanni | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Melania Coccioli | Payroll Accountant |
| Sound | Francesco Albertelli | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dario Calvari | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Giuseppe D'Amato | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Piergiuseppe Fancellu | Sound Technical Supervisor |
| Sound | Antonio Giannantonio | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Valentino Giannì | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Alessandro Piazzese | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Marco Saitta | Sound |
| Crew | Andrea Beer | Second Unit |
| Lighting | Antonio Chionna | Electrician |
| Camera | Diego Falconieri | Underwater Camera |
| Lighting | Marco Giannuzzi | Electrician |
| Camera | Giuseppe Maio | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Simone Petrelli | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Davide Pirri | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Nicola Saponaro | Electrician |
| Camera | Simone Scarozza | Focus Puller |
| Writing | Edoardo Winspeare | Idea |
| Crew | Edoardo Winspeare | Script |
| Writing | Edoardo Winspeare | Story |
| Writing | Edoardo Winspeare | Writer |
| Crew | Alessandro Valenti | Script |
| Writing | Alessandro Valenti | Idea |
| Writing | Alessandro Valenti | Story |
| Writing | Alessandro Valenti | Writer |