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6.9/10 IMDb Directed by Pietro Marcello Cinematography Pietro Marcello Director Pietro Marcello | 100% Rotten Tomatoes 3.9/5 Mubi Written by Pietro Marcello Initial release 19 February 2010 (Italy) Distributor BIM Distribuzione | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Francesca Cima
Nicola Giuliano
Dario Zonta Starring Mary Monaco
Vincenzo Motta Music by Marco Messina and Massimiliano Sacchi for Era Cast Mary Monaco, Vincenzo Motta, Andrea Cambi Music director Marco Messina, Massimiliano Sacchi, Nino Bruno Awards David di Donatello for Best Documentary, Teddy Award for Best Documentary Similar Crossing the Line, Lost and Beautiful, The Feast Of Stephen, Paragraph 175, 15 till Midnight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The mouth of the wolf la bocca del lupo by pietro marcello
The Mouth of the Wolf (original title: La bocca del lupo) is a 2009 biographical drama/documentary film written and directed by Pietro Marcello. It premièred at the 2009 Torino Film Festival in Turin, and won the FIPRESCI Prize for 'Best Film' and the Prize of the City of Torino. In 2010 it appeared at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Caligari Film Award and the Teddy Award for 'Best Documentary'.
Contents
Let s play veil of darkness 42 into the mouth of the wolf
Synopsis
According to a reporter for Metro, the film "straddles the line between documentary and drama". It follows an Italian man named Vincenzo Motta (also known as Enzo) who is serving a long sentence in a Genoa prison. He meets and falls in love with a transsexual woman named Mary Monaco who promises to wait for Enzo when she gets out of prison. When she is released, Mary finds a home for them to share, but in the meantime, she becomes addicted to heroin.