The Day

2017 0h 13m IT

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★7.0TMDB · 2

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Synopsis

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Paola Clemente was a 49-year-old farm labourer who worked to death under the sun in the fields of Southern Italy. Her story is told through the declarations taken from the fact-finding acts on illegal recruiters of farm labourers exploiting her and by women travelling on the coach with her.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Arianna Gambaccini
Franco Ferrante
Raffaella Giancipoli
Rossella Giugliano
Monica Contini
Mariella Parlato
Sara Bevilacqua
Susi Rutigliano

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Pippo Mezzapesa
Writers: Antonella Gaeta, Pippo Mezzapesa
Languages: Italian

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RUNTIME

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Tight 13-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Andrea Facchini 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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Arianna Gambaccini and Franco Ferrante and Raffaella Giancipoli carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7856400 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Pippo Mezzapesa directs. Andrea Facchini cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 13-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 9 years ago.
3Editor Andrea Facchini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Arianna Gambaccini and Franco Ferrante and Raffaella Giancipoli carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt7856400 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Andrea Facchini
Makeup / hair: Arianna Lumare
Runtime: 13 min · 0h 13m
Status: Released
Original language: IT
IMDB: The Day (2017)

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CinemaSerf2026-06-10
★ 7/10
It's quite astonishing that only a decade ago, people were working in the almost tropical temperatures of the heel of Italy for as little as 2 Euros an hour. This film now quite poignantly proceeds to show us a little of the basic conditions endured by a group of women - one of whose number we know has already perished from "heart failure", as they disembark their coach and set about doing a shift that they know will exhaust them whilst their supervisor relaxes in his garden chair. These are Italian citizens, not desperate migrants hiding from the authorities and they even have pay slips for their meagre earnings to prove it. They have no choice. There are no alternatives and they need the money. It's the dialogue that does all the work here, and it's very simplicity is potent to watch.