Archive of films Quiet Life / Una vita tranquilla

Italy / Germany / France
2010, 100 min

Section: Variety's Ten Euro Directors to Watch
Year: 2011

A psychological thriller of unusual depth, stylistic control and narrative force, A Quiet Life is that rare international co-production that feels organically right. It boasts the thesping talent of Toni Servillo as a marked man hiding from his mob past in the quiet forests near Wiesbaden, Germany.

Synopsis

A psychological thriller of unusual depth, A Quiet Life represents a significant leap forward for sophomore helmer Claudio Cupellini, revealing a level of stylistic control and narrative force that should catapult him onto the list of Italian directors to watch. A rare international co-production that feels organically right, the pic boasts the considerable thesping talent of Toni Servillo as a marked man hiding from his mob past. In the quiet forests near Wiesbaden, Germany, Rosario runs a restaurant-hotel with his German wife, Renate. Then out of the blue, two young Italians show up.... The choice of Hungarian d.p. Gergely Pohárnok (Hukkle, Taxidermia) was inspired, as the talented lenser provides elegant yet chilly (and chilling) visuals that expertly play with setting characters together and apart.

About the director

Claudio Cupellini (b. 1973, Camposampiero, Italy) studied with Paolo Virzì and Daniele Luchetti at Rome’s Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. From 1999 to 2005 he made several short films including Le diable au vélo and Chi ci ferma più. His first feature was the Donatello-nominated comedy Lessons in Chocolate (2008). A psychological thriller of unusual depth, A Quiet Life (2010) premiered at the Rome Film Festival where it earned a Best Actor kudo for star Toni Servillo who plays a marked man hiding from his mob past. Cupellini notes, "Filming in Germany was an important step towards constructing stories that are not only Italian, but also European.”

Contacts

Beta Cinema GmbH
Grünwalder Weg 28d, 820 41, Oberhaching/Munich
Germany
Tel: +49 896 734 698 828
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.betacinema.com

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Variety's Ten Euro Directors to Watch

Director:	Claudio Cupellini
Screenplay:	Filippo Gravino, Guido Iuculano, Claudio Cupellini
Dir. of Photography:	Gergely Pohárnok
Music:	Teho Teardo
Editor:	Giuseppe Trepiccione
Producer:	Fabrizio Mosca
Production:	Acaba Produzioni, EOS Entertainment, Babe Films
Cast:	Toni Servillo, Marco D’Amore, Julian Köhler, Francesco Di Leva
Contact:	Beta Cinema GmbH

Guests

Claudio Cupellini

Film Director