The Lamb (2020)
Anita is sixteen and she’s facing a difficult situation: her mother died of leukemia and now Jacopo, her father, is also sick: his need for a bone-marrow transplant is increasingly urgent, but the average waiting period for a donor is many months. Anita isn’t compatible, and neither is Tonino, her grandfather shepherd who lives in the nearby tableland, close to a military base which affect the area since the Sixties. There is uncle Gaetano: being Jacopo’s brother the probability that he is compatible is higher, but Gaetano is a hothead and he and Jacopo haven’t had any relationship at all: an old grudge, which they don’t want to forget, is keeping them apart.
Director:
Mario Piredda
Writers:
Mario Piredda, Giovanni Galavotti.
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Nora Stassi as Anita |
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Luciano Curreli as Jacopo |
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Piero Marcialis as Tonino |
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Michele Atzori as Gaetano |
| Writing | Mario Piredda | Screenplay |
| Production | Chiara Galloni | Producer |
| Art | Pietro Rais | Art Designer |
| Sound | Marco Biscarini | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Giovanni Galavotti | Screenplay |
| Camera | Fabrizio La Palombara | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stefania Grilli | Costume Designer |
| Production | Ivan Olgiati | Producer |
| Directing | Mario Piredda | Director |
| Editing | Corrado Iuvara | Editor |