Una vita tranquilla (2010)

Director:

Claudio Cupellini

Writers:

Filippo Gravino (story)
Filippo Gravino (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

5 November 2010 (Italy)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

The story of a man who murdered thirty-two people, gained power, and then got afraid because too many people wanted to kill him...

Plot Keywords:

Tree | Topless Female Nudity | Camorra | Shot In The Head | Kidnapped Child

Awards:

2 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Toni Servillo	...	Rosario Russo
Marco D'Amore	...	Diego
Francesco Di Leva	...	Edoardo
Juliane Köhler	...	Renate
Leonardo Sprengler	...	Mathias
Alice Dwyer	...	Doris
Maurizio Donadoni	...	Claudio
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Micki Bertling	...	Friedlander
Ulrich Cyran	...	Halliday
Nick Dong-Sik	...	Bambu
Hans-Joachim Heist	...	Dr. Lohse
Joachim Kretzer	...	Michael Richter
Giovanni Ludeno	...	Enzino
Edoardo Melone	...	Capelli Corti
Franco Melone	...	Giacca di Lana
Daniel Roesner	...	Florian
Enzo Salomone	...	Maitre d'Hotel (as Vincenzo Salomone)
Lucia Schlör	...	Christine Schwibbach
Hildburg Schmidt	...	Mrs. Bauer
Andreas Wellano	...	Heinz

Directed by
Claudio Cupellini

Writing credits
Filippo Gravino		(story)
Filippo Gravino		(screenplay) &
Guido Iuculano		(screenplay) &
Claudio Cupellini		(screenplay)

Produced by
Marcantonio Borghese	....	line producer
Fabrizio Mosca	....	producer
Laura Adriana Nicotra	....	production delegate
Bogdan Tomassini-Buechner	....	line producer (as Bogdan Buechner)
Philip Voges	....	service producer
Christer von Lindequist	....	producer

Cinematography by
Gergely Pohárnok

Film Editing by
Giuseppe Trepiccione

Casting by
Fabiola Banzi
Cornelia von Braun

Production Design by
Erwin Prib

Art Direction by
Niels Müller

Costume Design by
Mariano Tufano

Makeup Department
Heidi Mayer-Hassler	....	key makeup artist (as Hedi Mayr-Hassler)
Monika Puymann	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Marcantonio Borghese	....	production supervisor
Udo Happel	....	production supervisor
Irma Misantoni	....	post-production supervisor
Francesco Tató	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lorenzo Grasso	....	first assistant director
Cosima Lohse	....	second assistant director
Ciro Visco	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Armando Savoia	....	unit art director
Jan Saße	....	storyboard artist
Tobias Schroeter	....	standby prop

Sound Department
Angelo Bonanni	....	boom operator
Michael Busch	....	sound
Andrea Caucci	....	sound effects editor
Giuseppe D'Amato	....	sound editor
Stefano Grosso	....	sound effects editor
Gilberto Martinelli	....	sound
Alessandro Rolla	....	sound mixer
Francesco Tumminello	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Tiberio Angeloni	....	special effects coordinator: Italy
Massimo Di Palma	....	special effects: Italy
Björn Friese	....	special effects supervisor: Germany
Franco Galiano	....	special effects supervisor: Italy
Paolo Galiano	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Luca Della Grotta	....	digital artist
Stephan Lethaus	....	digital effects
Francesco Antonio Maggi	....	digital compositor
Stefano Marinoni	....	visual effects supervisor
Rodolfo Migliari	....	visual effects artist
Federica Nisi	....	visual effects coordinator
Jan Schmidtgen	....	digital effects

Stunts
Armin Sauer	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Philipp Dönch	....	first assistant camera
Tobias Kownatzki	....	second assistant camera
Stefano Marino	....	gaffer
Guido Michelotti	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Riccardo Pau	....	camera loader
Thorsten Querner	....	key grip
Ronald Schwarz	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Fabiola Banzi	....	casting: Italy
Erica Gentile	....	casting assistant
Ingrid Stropp	....	casting: children
Cornelia von Braun	....	casting: Germany

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chiara Brunet	....	costume assistant
Concetta Iannelli	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Stefano Mariotti	....	assistant editor
Irma Misantoni	....	post-production coordinator
Francesco Panetta	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Francesco Colicigno	....	location scout: italy
Giorgio Di Lillo	....	cashier
Edna Do Nascimento Silva	....	location researcher: italy
Iris Fedrizzi	....	production assistant
Monica Giuliani	....	production accountant
Alessandra Grilli	....	head of development
Steffi Hiller	....	production accountant
Laura Adriana Nicotra	....	production delegate
Jessica Petzold	....	production coordinator
Dennis Rabenstein	....	assistant accountant
Zoe Simijonovic	....	script supervisor
Benedetta Von Normann	....	production coordinator

Thanks
Emanuele Crialese	....	the director wishes to thank
Valerio Mieli	....	the director wishes to thank
Paolo Sorrentino	....	the director wishes to thank

Production Companies

• Acaba Produzioni
• Babe Film
• EOS Entertainment
• Rai Cinema (in collaboration with)
• Canal+ (in collaboration with)
• CinéCinéma (in collaboration with)
• Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC) (support)
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne (support)
• Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (support)

Distributors

• 01 Distribution (2010) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Bellissima Films (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Farbfilm-Verleih (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• 4K Animation (stock effects)

Other Companies

• Studio Sottocorno  press office

Also Known As:

"A Quiet Life" - International (English title) (imdb display title)
"Ein ruhiges Leben" - Germany
"Une vie tranquille" - France (imdb display title)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Italy | France | Germany

Language:

Italian | German | Neapolitan | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Italy:T | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

Company:

Acaba Produzioni

Soundtrack:

A quiet life

A great performance by Toni Servillo, supported by a steady direction

A tough subject, dealing with a former killer member of the Camorra, who left for Germany to build a new identity and has to come to terms, after 15 yeas, with his past, on the background of a still actual emergency in Italy, that of rubbish in Naples: a difficult subject to handle, but solidly handled. The director proceeds with a highly controlled and steady direction, made up of sequence-shots, close-ups: this, together with clear-cut and sharp characters and essential dialogues contribute to an overall solid rendering of the drama, without parting with some increasing tension. Intensity gradually increases, indeed, supported by a tense narrative rhythm, probably partly ruined by the unlikely final slackening. Toni Servillo, awarded as best actor at the latest Rome film festival, makes a substantial difference, being his main role fit for him: his performance is truly great, intense, perfectly able to render the inner drama of a man trying to overcome a painful past, which will never abandon him.