Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

July 4 - 12, 2008

The Girl by the Lake
La ragazza del lago

Colour, 35 mm
Italy, 2007, 95 min
Section: Horizons
http://www.indigofilm.it

Film screenings:
3P3 - 6.7., 16:30, Cinema GH Pupp
611 - 9.7., 9:00, Grand Hall
8K5 - 11.7., 22:00, Panasonic Cinema

Director: Andrea Molaioli
Screenplay: Sandro Petraglia
Dir. of Photography: Ramiro Civita
Music: Teho Teardo
Designer: Alessandra Mura
Editor: Giogiò Franchini
Producer: Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima
Production: Indigo Film
Sales: Intramovies

Cast

Toni Servillo, Nello Mascia, Marco Baliani, Giulia Michelini, Fausto Maria Sciarappa, Denis Fasolo, Franco Ravera

Synopsis

Police inspector Giovanni Sanzio begins his day in a small mountain town where little Marta has gotten lost on her way to school. The girl is soon found, but the policeman comes across a far worse case that starts with the discovery of a naked corpse on the shore of the nearby lake. Who among the neighbours could want the lovely Anna dead? The suspects include not only a simpleton named Mario but also the girl’s father Davide… The story gradually uncovers the hidden bonds uniting the residents of the outwardly idyllic town burdened by a painful past. The aging policeman nearing the end of his career also has his own problems to work out, with his wife suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and ceasing to recognise him… The atmospheric setting of the Italian Dolomites lends Norwegian writer Karin Fossum’s novel an eerie, almost Dürrenmattesque moral dimension. This exceptional detective story about the elusiveness of truth and the courage to embrace a future over which we have no influence won the Isvema Award at the Venice IFF for debuting director Andrea Molaioli, along with the Pasinetti Award for lead actor Toni Servillo. The film also took away 11 David di Donatello awards in 2007.

About the director

Andrea Molaioli (b. 1967, Rome) has worked primarily with Nanni Moretti as assistant director and 2nd unit director on the films Red Wood Pigeon (Palombella rossa, 1989), Dear Diary (Caro diario, 1993), April (Aprile, 1998) and The Son’s Room (La stanza del figlio, 2001). He was also involved in the films David’s Summer (L’estate di Davide, 1998, dir. Carlo Mazzacurati), Father and Son (Padre e figlio, 1994, dir. Pasquale Pozzessere) and Suffocating Heat (Caldo soffocante, 1991, dir. Giovanna Gagliardo). His directorial filmography includes the segment Bandiera rossa e borsa nera from the successful television series I diari della Sacher (2001).

Film Guests

Nicola Giuliano, Andrea Molaioli

Contacts

Indigo Film
Via Ludovico Muratori 15, 00184 Rome
Italy
Tel: +39 06 772 502 55
Fax: +39 06 770 790 42
E-mail: info@indigofilm.it
www: www.indigofilm.it

Intramovies
Via E. Manfredi 15, 00197 Rome
Italy
Tel: +39 06 807 6157
Fax: +39 06 807 6156
E-mail: mail@intramovies.com
www: www.intramovies.com

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