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Gorbaciof (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Chinese ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
81 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Stefano Incerti

Written By:
Stefano Incerti
Diego De Silva

Actors:
Toni Servillo ..... Gorbaciof
Mi Yang ..... Lila
Geppy Gleijeses ..... L'avvocato
Gaetano Bruno ..... L'Arabo
Hal Yamanouchi ..... Padre di Lila
Antonio Buonomo ..... Diretore supermarket
Agostino Chiummariello ..... Direttore fabbrica
Salvatore Ruocco ..... Guardia
Nello Mascia ..... Vanacore
Francesco Paglino ..... Rapinatore
Salvatore Striano ..... Rapinatore
Loredana Simioli ..... Secretary

Synopsis:

Temptation gets the better of a morally flexible man in this drama from director Stefano Incerti. Marino Pacileo (Toni Servillo) is known to most of his friends and acquaintances as "Gorbaciof," thanks to he large red birthmark on his forehead that resembles the one belonging to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbaciof works as a cashier at the Poggioreale prison in Naples; he's used to handling large amounts of cash every day, which has a certain allure for a man with a taste for gambling. Gorbaciof likes to play cards, and begins frequenting a high-stakes poker game regularly staged by the proprietor of a Chinese restaurant (Hal Yamanouchi). Gorbaciof soon finds himself falling for the restaurateur's daughter Lila (Mi Yang), and when her dad runs into financial trouble, Gorbaciof is willing to help. However, Lila's father needs more money than Gorbaciof has on hand, so he begins skimming funds from the cashbox at work, leading him down a treacherous path. Toni Servillo's performance in Gorbaciof earned him the best actor award at the 2011 Bastia Italian Film Festival.

With a birthmark on his forehead resembling that of a certain Russian politician, Neapolitan prison cashier Marino (nicknamed Gorbaciof for obvious reasons and played by Toni Servillo) is a dour man with a routine life. He works and he gambles, sometimes pilfering from one endeavor to finance the other. Matters change, however, when he meets the daughter of the Chinese restaurateur with whom he plays poker and begins to court her. Returning to film's visual essence, cowriter/director Incerti depicts his taciturn protagonist's life with sparseness and immediacy, bolstered by Servillo's impeccable performance.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 27 January, 2014.

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