Shown with Short Film - High Score
Q&A 4/1 with Director Mauro Mancini and Dr. Ilaria Serra
Simone Segre is a successful Jewish surgeon who leads a carefree existence, marred only by a difficult relationship with his recently deceased father, a Holocaust survivor. One day he finds himself assisting a victim of a hit and run accident. When Simone discovers a Nazi tattoo on the older man’s chest, he cannot set aside his own prejudice, and he leaves the injured man to suffer his fate. Tormented by guilt, Simone begins snooping around the victim’s family and employs the man’s oldest daughter as his housekeeper. He feels sorry for her and reasons that she could use the money, but he also seeks to act on his remorse and perhaps find a measure of peace with his ethical dilemma. When Marcia brings a gravely wounded Marcello to his doorstep, Simone is once again confronted with an ethical dilemma. Superbly acted, this film is a powerful reflection of the legacy of Nazi ideology in contemporary Italy.
Venice International Film Critics' Week Top Pick, September 2020
Winner, Best Actor, Venice International Film Festival
Winner, Best Italian Film, Venice International Film Festival
Sponsored By Jeanne & Ken Fibus and Marisa & Matt Baker
- Year2020
- Runtime96 minutes
- LanguageItalian w/ English Subtitles
- CountryItaly, Poland
- PremiereBoca Raton / Delray Beach
- DirectorMauro Mancini
- ScreenwriterDavide Lisino (screenplay by), Davide Lisino (story by)
- CastAlessandro Gassmann, Sara Serraiocco, Luka
Shown with Short Film - High Score
Q&A 4/1 with Director Mauro Mancini and Dr. Ilaria Serra
Simone Segre is a successful Jewish surgeon who leads a carefree existence, marred only by a difficult relationship with his recently deceased father, a Holocaust survivor. One day he finds himself assisting a victim of a hit and run accident. When Simone discovers a Nazi tattoo on the older man’s chest, he cannot set aside his own prejudice, and he leaves the injured man to suffer his fate. Tormented by guilt, Simone begins snooping around the victim’s family and employs the man’s oldest daughter as his housekeeper. He feels sorry for her and reasons that she could use the money, but he also seeks to act on his remorse and perhaps find a measure of peace with his ethical dilemma. When Marcia brings a gravely wounded Marcello to his doorstep, Simone is once again confronted with an ethical dilemma. Superbly acted, this film is a powerful reflection of the legacy of Nazi ideology in contemporary Italy.
Venice International Film Critics' Week Top Pick, September 2020
Winner, Best Actor, Venice International Film Festival
Winner, Best Italian Film, Venice International Film Festival
Sponsored By Jeanne & Ken Fibus and Marisa & Matt Baker
- Year2020
- Runtime96 minutes
- LanguageItalian w/ English Subtitles
- CountryItaly, Poland
- PremiereBoca Raton / Delray Beach
- DirectorMauro Mancini
- ScreenwriterDavide Lisino (screenplay by), Davide Lisino (story by)
- CastAlessandro Gassmann, Sara Serraiocco, Luka