The Salt of Life (2011)
Gianni is sixty. He is retired but has not become lazy for all that. In fact he is a helpful fellow who gives a hand to all those who need one: shopping for his wife, walking the pretty neighbor's dog, and so on. Everybody likes Gianni, but is it for the right reasons? Doesn't his wife profit by the situation (she still works so it is only logical that Gianni do all the chores)? Isn't he subject to the excruciating whims of his rich mother?... Sure, everybody LIKES Gianni, but who LOVES him? Agreed, being kind to them, he is the ladies pet, but he does not attract them anymore. That is why, when his macho lawyer friend Alfonso blames him for not having young mistresses "like every other senior Italian male", Gianni, who is beginning to ask himself questions about what it is like to become old, starts chasing dames.
Director:
Gianni Di Gregorio
Writers:
Gianni Di Gregorio, Valerio Attanasio.
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Gianni Di Gregorio as Gianni |
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Valeria De Franciscis as La Madre |
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Alfonso Santagata as Alfonso |
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Elisabetta Piccolomini as La Moglie |
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Valéria Cavalli as Valeria |
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Aylin Prandi as Aylin |
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Kristina Cepraga as Kristina |
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Michelangelo Ciminale as Michelangelo |
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Lilia Silvi as Lilia |
| Directing | Gianni Di Gregorio | Director |
| Writing | Valerio Attanasio | Writer |
| Writing | Gianni Di Gregorio | Writer |
| Production | Angelo Barbagallo | Producer |
| Production | Gaetano Daniele | Executive Producer |
| Production | Isabella Spinelli | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Stefano Ratchev | Music |
| Sound | Mattia Carratello | Music |
| Sound | Stefano Ratchev | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Mattia Carratello | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Gian Enrico Bianchi | Cinematography |
| Camera | Gian Enrico Bianchi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Marco Spoletini | Editor |
| Production | Fabiola Banzi | Casting |
| Production | Francesca Borromeo | Casting |
| Art | Susanna Cascella | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Silvia Polidori | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rudia Cascione | Key Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ivana Kastratovic | Production Manager |
| Production | Maria Panicucci | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Nicolas De Luigi | Loader |
| Camera | Nicolas De Luigi | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Giovanni Gabriele | Gaffer |
| Production | Michela Minischetti | Casting Assistant |
| Sound | Stefano Ratchev | Main Title Theme Composer |
| Sound | Mattia Carratello | Main Title Theme Composer |
| Directing | Cinzia Liberati | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Matilde Barbagallo | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Guido Colla | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Margherita Ferri | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Giorgio Servillo | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Paolo Amici | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Italo Cameracanna | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Gianluca Costamagna | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Alessandro Molaioli | Sound |
| Sound | Daniele Quadroli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | David Quadroli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Fabrizio Quadroli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Paolo Segat | Recording Supervision |
| Editing | Daniele Cipriani | Colorist |
| Editing | Angelo Francavilla | Color Grading |
| Editing | Giuliana Sarli | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Maria Fantastica Valmori | Post Production Coordinator |
| Production | Bruno Di Bartolomei | Accountant |
| Production | Bruno Di Bartolomei | Administration |
| Production | Alfredo Miserocchi | Production Assistant |
| Production | Claudia Tomassini | Publicist |
| Writing | Gianni Di Gregorio | Idea |
| Writing | Gianni Di Gregorio | Story |
| Writing | Gianni Di Gregorio | Screenplay |
| Writing | Valerio Attanasio | Idea |
| Writing | Valerio Attanasio | Story |
| Writing | Valerio Attanasio | Screenplay |