La mossa del cavallo

2018 1h 51m IT

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7.6

BANGER

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6.6

IMDB

★7.6TMDB · 44★6.6IMDB · 88

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Synopsis

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Montelusa, Sicily, Italy, 1877. Giovanni Bovara, the new chief inspector of the mills, is charged with collecting a severe tax. Sicilian by birth, but Ligurian by adoption, he reasons and speaks as a man of northern Italy and does not understand the dynamics of the law of silence that regulate the Sicilian land, so his intransigence immediately gives him several enemies…

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Michele Riondino
Giovanni Bovara
Ester Pantano
Teresina 'Trisìna' Cicero
Cocò Gulotta
Deputy Spampinato
Antonio Pandolfo
Father Artemio Carnazza
Giovanni Carta
Felice La Pergola
Giancarlo Ratti
Prosecutor Ottavio Rebaudengo
Filippo Luna
Attorney at Law Gregorio Fasùlo
Maurizio Bologna
Emanuele 'Memè' Moro

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
Writers: Andrea Camilleri, Francesco Bruni, Leonardo Marini
Languages: Italian, Latin
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, Latin.

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ERA

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Part of the "C'era una volta Vigata" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli, shot by Marco Pieroni. 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 Ralf Hildenbeutel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Michele Riondino and Ester Pantano and Cocò Gulotta carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt8274252 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gianluca Maria Tavarelli directs. Marco Pieroni behind the camera. Ralf Hildenbeutel scores. Alessandro Haffler cuts. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian, Latin.

Trivia

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1Released 8 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, Latin.
3Part of the "C'era una volta Vigata" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli, shot by Marco Pieroni. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Ralf Hildenbeutel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Alessandro Haffler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Michele Riondino and Ester Pantano and Cocò Gulotta carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt8274252 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 44 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "based on novel or book", "italy", "sicily, italy", "tax collector".