Terence Hill con il regista Vittorio Sindoni |
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| FROM AN IDEA OF |
Alessandro Jacchia |
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| PLOT |
Umberto Marino
Elisabetta Zincone |
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| SCENE |
Umberto Marino
Elisabetta Zincone
Salvatore Basile |
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| PRODUCTION |
Vittorio Sindoni |
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| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY |
Safai Tehrani |
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| SCENE PHOTOGRAPHER |
Cristina Di Paolo Antonio |
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| SET NOTES |
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The idea was born, Terence tells us, when Alessandro Jacchia read an article in the paper about a true story of a tenacious and coragious farmer.
The decision to make a film of it was instantaneous and even Terence enthusiastically accepted immediately the chance to play the part of the farmer.
Initially the film was to be set in the Alps, but then after many suggestions, Calabria seemed the most appropriate choice, for it's untouched nature and for it's rustic ambience.
An old abandoned farm was located, which was suitable as Rocco Ventura's dwelling, to which only minor preparation was made.
For this, his latest film, Terrence particularily wanted an Andalusian horse, his favourite for it's beauty and elegance.
He even expressed an interest in the colour black., seeing that he had never had a horse of this colour in any of his films. So, Don Juan was found, a very beautiful Andalusian horse, not exclusively black but brown with black hooves, tail and mane.
Happy riding Terence!
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The farm |
The house |
The stalls |
The laboratory |
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| THE PLOT |
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Rocco Ventura lives a solitary existence with his goats, he lives in a little rocky village in the mountains of the Aspromonte, where an ancient cheese is produced in the same way his family has produced it throughout the centuries.
Stability is rocked when a large European company directs Rocco to transform the ancient methods of production of the cheese to modern requirements.
The small businessman however is not discouraged and engages in a personal battle against "diktat di Bruxelles", succeeding in involving even the small rural community that surrounds him.
In the background of this local - global battle, other sub themes are interwoven like evil intentions of Spadafora, the mayor of the village who, with the greedy businessman Bortolotti, tries to build an ambitious tourist complex on Rocco's land.
In order to keep the lands of his father, Rocco's target is a big contract with a french company
Inevitably, even the sentimental themes: whilst in full conflict with the mayor, Roberto, a boy who has just overcome a severe form
of cancer, arrives in the village. He is the son of the mayor's brother and Giulia. Roberto comes into contact with Rocco and is
fascinated by his world, fascinated with the mountains, the caves, the shepherds, it resembles a little, Robert Redford's film "The
Horse Whisperer".
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Michelle Bonev
Mattia Cicinelli,
Andrea Tidona
Stefania Bogo
Claudio Pallottini
