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Without Conscience
Original Title
Verso Nord- Director: Stefano Reali
- Writer: Stefano Reali
- Producer: Paola Ermini
CGiii Comment
Whoever designed the poster should be shot...completely misleading.
The film itself is a bit of an anomaly - it seems to be sincere in its seriousness...but, the dumb characterisation of Rollo takes it into an uncertain area...where it flounders and flails.
The ending is a complete mess - Stefano Reali obviously ran out of money, ideas and inspiration.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In southern Italy, Rollo, a nearly mute, large, muscular young man, is part of a crime gang. He wants to go on "an escort," to smuggle a ten-year-old Moroccan boy into Switzerland where adoptive parents supposedly await him. The third person on this road trip is Mauro, a middle-aged nurse brought into the deal by his boss, a hospital physician, to make a quick buck. They head for Cannobio on what should be a one-day trip, but complications soon arise. Car trouble, a Bulgarian prostitute and her daughter, the boy's constant desire to play soccer, and Rollo's flashbacks to a troubled and violent childhood combine to challenge them in a world without conscience.
Cast & Characters
Maurizio Mattioli as Mauro;
Valerio Foglia Manzillo as Rollo;
Ana Papadopulu as Elena;
Bayed Mohamed Ismael as Eddi;
Claudio Bigagli as Lerry;
Vanni Bramati as Gino;
Alexander Cvetkovic as Ivica;
Dante Marmone as Pasquale;
Rita del Piano as Rollo's Mother;
Mimmo Mancini as Ian;
Michel Rocher as Doctor;
Gaetano Amato as Trucker;
Manuela Metri;
Antonio Pennarella;
Stefan Bendula