Battlefield

2024 1h 44m IT

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6.4

MID

★6.4TMDB · 112

DramaHistoryWar

Synopsis

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These are the years of the First World War and Dr. Stefano Zorzi spends his days in the Exemption Clinic in a large city of Northern Italy, where he not only takes care of soldiers who arrive from the massacre of the front, but also he fights simulation and self-harm of those who hope to be dispensed, by sending them before the Military Court. If Stefano, in fact, does his utmost to heal soldiers and send them back to fight, Dr. Giulio Farradio makes them ill, or helps them to self-injure seriously enough to be exonerated. The two doctors, who went to university together and were great friends, they not only (secretly) challenge each other on a professional level, but also on the sentimental one: they are both linked to Anna, a courageous nurse with a strong character. But when the great ‘Spanish’ fever epidemic arrived in 1918, the time for love, politics and science ends up getting confused dangerously...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Alessandro Borghi
Giulio
Gabriel Montesi
Stefano
Federica Rosellini
Anna
Giovanni Scotti
Soldato siciliano
Vince Vivenzio
Soldato napoletano
Alberto Cracco
Padre di Stefano
Luca Lazzareschi
Il Generale
Maria-Grazia Plos
L'Infermiera

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gianni Amelio
Writers: Alberto Taraglio, Gianni Amelio
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gianni Amelio, shot by Luan Amelio Ujkaj. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Franco Piersanti. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Simona Paggi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Alessandro Borghi and Gabriel Montesi and Federica Rosellini carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt31322960 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Gianni Amelio directs. Luan Amelio Ujkaj behind the camera. Franco Piersanti scores. Simona Paggi cuts. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

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1Released 2 years ago.
2Directed by Gianni Amelio, shot by Luan Amelio Ujkaj. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Franco Piersanti. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Simona Paggi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Alessandro Borghi and Gabriel Montesi and Federica Rosellini carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt31322960 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.