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The Ideal City (2013) [N/A]

Release Date:
April 11, 2013

Original Title:
La città ideale

Alternate Titles:
A tökéletes város
L'inquinamento
Miasto idealne
The Ideal City
理想城市

Genres:
Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
BiBi Film
Istituto Luce Cinecittà
MiC
Monte dei Paschi di Siena
RAI
RAI Cinema
Toscana Film Commission

Production Countries:
Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
IT: T  PH: PG 

Runtime: 105

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Accountant:
Maurizio Di Bartolomei

Assistant Production Manager:
Claudia Cravotta

Camera Operator:
Renaud Personnaz

Casting:
Fabiola Banzi

Casting Assistant:
Michela Minischetti

Colorist:
Massimo Gubinelli

Costume Design:
Maria Rita Barbera

Digital Compositor:
Gianluca Salerno
Elisa Tiziani

Director:
Luigi Lo Cascio

Director of Photography:
Pasquale Mari

Driver:
Sergio Verdecchia

Editor:
Desideria Rayner

Electrician:
Daniele Caiuli
Benjamin Maier

Executive Producer:
Gaetano Daniele

First Assistant Camera:
Giorgio Toso

First Assistant Director:
Nico Marzano

First Assistant Editor:
Mascia Calamandrei

Generator Operator:
Alberto Grassi

Grip:
Alessio Cianciuolo

Main Title Designer:
Lorenzo Moneta

Makeup Artist:
Rudia Cascione

Makeup Department Head:
Rudia Cascione

Makeup Designer:
Vittorio Sodano

Original Music Composer:
Andrea Rocca

Producer:
Angelo Barbagallo

Production Assistant:
Carlo Tozzi
Alfredo Miserocchi

Production Coordinator:
Sara De Marsanich

Production Design:
Nicola Console
Ludovica Ferrario

Production Manager:
Maria Panicucci

Production Secretary:
Massimo Del Signore

Props:
Francesco Spina

Recording Supervision:
Paolo Segat

Screenplay:
Virginia Borg
Massimo Gaudioso
Desideria Rayner
Luigi Lo Cascio

Script:
Luigi Lo Cascio

Second Assistant Camera:
Daiana Geirola

Second Assistant Director:
Marco Tosti

Stunt Coordinator:
Stefano Maria Mioni

Stunt Double:
Diego Guerra

Thanks:
Francesco Audino
Tommaso Isidoro Lo Cascio
Luigi Casalino
Giacomo Casalino
Michele Castelli
Gherardo Colombo
Thomas Fazi
Marco Tullio Giordana
Fabio Grassadonia
Fabrizio Gifuni
Marco J. Federici
Carlo Fineschi
Giacobbe Gamberini
Giuseppe Gandini
Virgilio Gazzolo
Moira Grassi
Gustav Hofer
Luca Lo Iacono
Antonello Madeo
Paolo Mazzini
Alex McGowan
Anna Rita Peritore
Antonio Piazza
Laurence Plon
Phyllida Poltock
Luca Ragazzi
Laetitia Reynolds
Gaetano Savatteri
Tiziana Siciliano
Massimo Termini

Unit Manager:
Emiliano Verni

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Nicola Sganga

Writer:
Luigi Lo Cascio

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