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Fireworks

Horizons 2023 / Stranizza d'amuri / Italy 2022

Fireworks Fireworks

Synopsis

Sicily in the 1980s. Seventeen-year-old Gianni faces harassment because of his sexual orientation. His life changes the moment he meets Nino. The two boys’ friendship slowly grows into a romantic relationship in which they can behave openly and without shame. But their relationship is rejected by their conservative families, who seek to put an end to it. Inspired by true events, Italian actor Giuseppe Fiorello’s directorial debut tells a deeply moving story about the painful struggles for a love that majority society disapproves of. But it is these struggles that fuel the greater fight for political change.

Sandra Hezinová

About the film

134 min / Color, DCP

Director Giuseppe Fiorello / Screenplay Giuseppe Fiorello, Andrea Cedrola, Carlo Salsa, Josella Porto / Dir. of Photography Ramiro Civita / Music Giovanni Caccamo, Leonardo Milani / Editor Federica Forcesi / Art Director Paola Peraro / Producer Riccardo Di Pasquale, Gabriele Oricchio, Eleonora Pratelli / Production IblaFilm, RAI Cinema, Fenix Entertainment / Cast Gabriele Pizzurro, Samuele Segreto / Sales Pulsar Content

About the director

Giuseppe Fiorello

Giuseppe Fiorello (1969, Catania, Italy). Filmography: Fireworks (Stranizza d'amuri, 2022).

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