Il mangiatore di pietre

The Stone Eater
Der Steingänger

Switzerland / Italy, September 2018
FILM, Fiction, 109 min.

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directed by
Nicola Bellucci
Written by
Hans W. Geissendörfer, Marco Colli, Nicola Bellucci
Status
In distribution

Cesare, a former human trafficker, finds the corpse of his nephew Fausto a remote Piedmont valley. In search of the murderer, he himself is suspected. He is also pressured by a young, rebellious villager: Sergio, who wants to escape from the valley and his father, wants to bring refugees abandoned on an alp across the border. In order to help the boy and the refugees, Cesare confronts his fate…

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World Premiere
September 2018
Original Version
Italian (french/english/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 109 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-96FC-0000-P-0000-0000-0
Production
Cineworx Filmproduktion GmbH, Achab Film Srl., RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Pascal Trächslin, Enzo Porcelli
directed by
Nicola Bellucci
Written by
Hans W. Geissendörfer, Marco Colli, (Based on the novel by Davide Longo) Nicola Bellucci (Based on the novel by Davide Longo)
Cinemato­graphy
Simon Guy Fässler
Editing
Roberto Missiroli
Sound Editing
Mirko Fabbri
Sound Design
Oswald Schwander
Re-Recording Mix
Jörg Höhne
Music
Teho Teardo
Location Sound Mix
Patrick Becker
Production Design
Sara B. Weingart
Lighting Design
Peter Demmer
Costumes
Nicoletta Taranta
Casting
Roberta Corrirossi

Cast

Luigi Lo Cascio as Cesare
Vincenzo Crea as Sergio
Ursina Lardi as Sonia di Meo
Bruno Todeschini as Ettore
Leonardo Nigro as Boerio
Lidiya Liberman as Ania
Elena Radonicich as Adele
Peppe Servillo as Antonio

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Coccinelle Film Placement

Worldwide Distribution

Italy
Achab Film Srl. Distribution
Release date: 18.07.2019
Switzerland
Cineworx GmbH Distribution
Release date: 04.04.2019

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