The Ark of Disperata (2019)

  • NR
  • 04/24/2019 (FR)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 50m

Overview

At Disperata, a small town in Southern Italy, the melancholy mayor Filippo Pisanelli feels terribly unfit for his role. Only a love of poetry and his passion for the literature lessons he gives to prison inmates admit a chink of light into his general state of depression. In jail he meets Pati, a small-time criminal from his own town. Pati and his brother Angiolino were dreaming of becoming the mafia bosses of Capo di Leuca, but the encounter with art changes everything and an unusual friendship between the three men will lead them to make courageous choices.

Edoardo Winspeare

Director, Screenplay

Alessandro Valenti

Screenplay

Cast

Antonio Carluccio's headshot

Antonio Carluccio

Gustavo Caputo's headshot

Gustavo Caputo

Celeste Casciaro's headshot

Celeste Casciaro

Davide Riso's headshot

Davide Riso

Claudio Giangreco's headshot

Claudio Giangreco

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