La Stella che non c'è

Fiction, 110 min.
Coproduction with foreign director

Title E:	The Missing Star
Title F:	L'étoile manquante

by Gianni Amelio

Italy / France / Switzerland, May 2006

Vincenzo, 50, works in a steel mill near Naples. Mr. Chong and his team have come to purchase and dismantle the factory and transfer it to China. When Vincenzo refuses to explain the casting ladle to them – he considers it defective and responsible for the death of a worker – he is fired. When Vincenzo finally identifies the defect, the Chinese already left. Vincenzo heads to Shanghai, where Mr Chong explains to him that the machines have been sold to another factory. Vincenzo finds the young translator Liu Hua and together they travel through China in search of the machines.

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Directed by: Gianni Amelio
Written by: Gianni Amelio, Amelio Contarello

World Premiere: May 2006
Original Version: Italian/Chinese (english/french subtitles), colour, 35mm, 110 min.

Production: Cattleya S.p.A., Achab Film Srl., Babe Sàrl., RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Carac Film AG
Executive Producer: Mario Cotone

Cinematography: Luca Bigazzi
Editing: Simona Paggi
Sound: Remo Ugolinelli
Music: Franco Piersanti
Art Direction: Nello Giorgetti
Lighting: Sandro Saurini
Costumes: Cristina Francioni