Wind in the Evening (The)
Original Title
Il Vento, Di Sera- Director: Andrea Adriatico
- Writer: Andrea Adriatico; Stefano Casi
- Producer: Monica Nicoli
CGiii Comment
The music is like nails being dragged down a blackboard.
How would you react if your partner was killed...the relatives and the hospital excluded you?
This film tries and fails to answer this question....instead, we have a man stricken with grief, wandering the streets having various encounters...
The takes are long - sometimes impressive, mostly tedious. This film lacks a required passion...surely, a murder would elicit some emotion...yes, there are those who internalise...but, this is a ridiculous, dead-pan portrayal.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Nightfall. Marco, a politician, is murdered while he is going home. Also Luca, a gay man, is going home, where his partner Paolo is waiting. But he is on the killer's way, and he is shot. Paolo dashes to the hospital but the doctor doesn't want to tell him anything because Paolo isn't a "real" relative. Luca dies. Paolo starts walking in the streets of the town, where his loneliness will be ever misunderstood. A barman tries to comfort him supposing he was discharged by his girlfriend. Luca's mother orders Paolo to leave the house. A guy takes Paolo to him's, looking for a partner in the night. Paolo runs away from everybody, also from his friend Francesca: she says she is understanding but she can't. While the dawn is coming, Paolo reads about the murders on the newspapers, and realizes that what happened was reality.
Cast & Characters
Corso Salani as Paolo;
Francesca Mazza as Francesca;
Luca Levi as Luca; Paolo Porto as Barman;
Giovanni Lindo Ferretti as Darts Player;
Ivano Marescotti as Marco;
Sergio Romano as Marcucci;
Alessandro Fullin as Italy;
Marina Pitta as Luca's Mother;
Fabio Valletta as Momo;
Francesca Ballico;
Paolo Billi;
Giancarlo Cauteruccio;
Daniela Cotti;
Franco Laffi