The Den (2022)
In the summer of his nineteenth year, Giulio has decided not to go away: he will spend his vacation at home, helping his parents with their work in the vegetable garden. In the house next door, empty for some time, arrives Lia, a twenty-year-old girl. Giulio would like to get to know her, but she is sullen and introverted. One day Giulio is swimming in the lake and Lia plays at drowning him. Giulio is a regular guy, sensitive and polite to a fault. Attracted to her, he starts thinking about her day and night. Lia initiates him into strange and increasingly dangerous "games." The girl won't talk about herself though. She has told him she came alone to spend her vacation in the old family home, where she hadn't been since she was a child. But Lia has secrets to keep and won't let anyone set foot in the old and abandoned house.
Director:
Beatrice Baldacci
Writers:
Edoardo Puma, Beatrice Baldacci.
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Irene Vetere as Lia |
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Lorenzo Aloi as Giulio |
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Elisa Di Eusanio as Giulio's Mother |
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Helene Nardini as Laura |
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Paolo Ricci as Giulio's Father |
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Federico Rosati as Physician |
| Directing | Beatrice Baldacci | Director |
| Production | Giulia Tivelli | Casting |
| Camera | Edoardo Francesco Marini | Grip |
| Sound | Valentino Orciuolo | Music |
| Directing | Lorenzo Puntoni | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Roberta Sulpizio | Script Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Marco Tripodi | VFX Artist |
| Production | Ludovico Lelli | Production Assistant |
| Writing | Edoardo Puma | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Lucia Rinaldi | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Isabella Guglielmi | Editor |
| Sound | Francesco Murano | Sound |
| Directing | Stefano Felicioni | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | Gioele Pistonesi | Gaffer |
| Directing | Giulia Tivelli | Third Assistant Director |
| Writing | Andrea Paolo Massara | Story Editor |
| Art | Raffaele Lucci | Production Design |
| Production | Flavia Scardini | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Alec Von Bargen | Other |
| Camera | Giovanni Galati | Other |
| Crew | Giorgio Giannoccaro | Cinematography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sara Santucci | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Ian Cardinali | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Alessandro Giovanni Ciuffardi | Video Assist Operator |
| Art | Sara Caiffe | Set Decoration |
| Lighting | Manuel Pistonesi | Electrician |
| Production | Michela Terzaghi | Production Assistant |
| Writing | Edoardo Puma | Writer |
| Production | Aurora Alma Bartiromo | Production Manager |
| Camera | Rachele Leccadito | Second Assistant Camera |
| Production | Aurora Alma Bartiromo | Producer |
| Writing | Beatrice Baldacci | Writer |
| Writing | Beatrice Baldacci | Screenplay |
| Camera | Eduardo Milanese | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Guardiani | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Stefano Pistonesi | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosa Rossitti | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Andrea Gori | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ginevra Angiuli | Costume Designer |
| Camera | Angelica Alinei | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Andrea Facchini | Colorist |