ROMANZO CRIMINALE
synopsis
A criminal known as The Lebanese has a dream: to conquer the underworld of Rome. To carry out this feat without precedent he puts together a ruthless and highly organized gang. Their progress and changes in leadership (The Lebanese is followed by his cohorts Freddo and Dandy) take place over twenty-five years, from the 1970s into the '90s, and are inseparably intertwined with the dark history of modern Italy: terrorism, kidnappings and corruption at the highest levels of government. Throughout these years Police Lieutenant Scialoia sticks to the gang’s trail, trying both to bring them to justice and to win the heart of Dandy’s girlfriend Patrizia. From the novel by Giancarlo De Cataldo.
| international title: | Romanzo Criminale |
| original title: | Romanzo Criminale |
| country: | Italy |
| sales agent: | TF1 International |
| year: | 2005 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Michele Placido |
| film run: | 130' |
| release date: | IT 30/09/2005, FR 22/03/2006, BE 26/04/2006, NL 17/09/2006, GR 24/09/2006, UK 03/11/2006, HU 09/11/2006, ES 25/12/2008 |
| screenplay: | Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia, Giancarlo De Cataldo |
| cast: | Stefano Accorsi, Kim Rossi Stuart, Pier Francesco Favino, Claudio Santamaria, Riccardo Scamarcio, Anna Mouglalis |
| cinematography by: | Luca Bigazzi |
| film editing: | Esmeralda Calabria |
| art director: | Paola Comencini |
| costumes designer: | Nicoletta Taranta |
| music: | Paolo Buonvino |
| producer: | Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini, Giovanni Stabilini |
| production: | Cattleya, Aquarius Film Limited, Babe Films |
| distributor: | Warner Bros. Italy, Warner Bros (FR), Icon Film Distribution (UK), Cinéart-Cinélibre (BE), A-Film Distribution (NL), Sagrera (ES) |
