The Ideal City

1h 45m
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Actor turned director Luigi Lo Cascio stars as the talented architect and fervent environmentalist Michele who has moved from Palermo to his ideal city, Siena. He holds a successful job and is living out a dream experiment of functioning one year without running water or electricity. Not surprisingly, he also displays a passionate opposition to cars and driving. One evening, after being forced to borrow his boss’ car in order to collect a colleague for a work function, Michele’s life takes an unexpected turn. In the blinding rain Michele hits something he cannot identify. After leaving a note on a parked car he believes he damaged, he continues down the road only to come across a dead body a few miles down which he later discovers belongs to one of Siena’s most important luminaries. Michele immediately calls the police, but in doing so, he unwittingly brings intense suspicion on himself as his uncertainty raises more questions than he has answers for.

Crew

Luigi Lo Cascio
Director, Writer, Script, Screenplay
Desideria Rayner
Screenplay, Editor
Virginia Borg
Screenplay
Massimo Gaudioso
Screenplay
Pasquale Mari
Director of Photography
Massimo Gubinelli
Colorist
Nico Marzano
First Assistant Director
Marco Tosti
Second Assistant Director
Sara De Marsanich
Production Coordinator
Gaetano Daniele
Executive Producer
Angelo Barbagallo
Producer
Alfredo Miserocchi
Production Assistant
Carlo Tozzi
Production Assistant
Ludovica Ferrario
Production Design
Nicola Console
Production Design
Renaud Personnaz
Camera Operator
Giorgio Toso
First Assistant Camera
Daiana Geirola
Second Assistant Camera
Michela Minischetti
Casting Assistant
Fabiola Banzi
Casting
Maria Rita Barbera
Costume Design
Vittorio Sodano
Makeup Designer
Rudia Cascione
Makeup Department Head, Makeup Artist
Nicola Sganga
Visual Effects Supervisor
Andrea Rocca
Original Music Composer
Maurizio Di Bartolomei
Accountant
Francesco Spina
Props
Daniele Caiuli
Electrician
Benjamin Maier
Electrician
Sergio Verdecchia
Driver
Stefano Maria Mioni
Stunt Coordinator
Diego Guerra
Stunt Double
Paolo Segat
Recording Supervision
Alessio Cianciuolo
Grip
Maria Panicucci
Production Manager
Lorenzo Moneta
Main Title Designer
Claudia Cravotta
Assistant Production Manager
Emiliano Verni
Unit Manager
Alberto Grassi
Generator Operator
Gianluca Salerno
Digital Compositor
Elisa Tiziani
Digital Compositor
Mascia Calamandrei
First Assistant Editor
Massimo Del Signore
Production Secretary
Michele Castelli
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Thomas Fazi
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Antonello Madeo
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Laetitia Reynolds
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Fabrizio Gifuni
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Moira Grassi
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Massimo Termini
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Marco J. Federici
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Luigi Casalino
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Marco Tullio Giordana
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Phyllida Poltock
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Francesco Audino
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Gaetano Savatteri
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Tommaso Isidoro Lo Cascio
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Luca Lo Iacono
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Laurence Plon
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Gherardo Colombo
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Virgilio Gazzolo
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Gustav Hofer
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Paolo Mazzini
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Carlo Fineschi
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Anna Rita Peritore
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Antonio Piazza
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Giacomo Casalino
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Fabio Grassadonia
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Alex McGowan
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Tiziana Siciliano
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Luca Ragazzi
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Giacobbe Gamberini
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Giuseppe Gandini
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