The Medicine Seller ( Il venditore di medicine )

The Medicine Seller (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Il venditore di medicine
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Antonio Morabito

Written By:
Antonio Morabito
Amedeo Pagani

Actors:
Claudio Santamaria ..... Bruno Donati
Isabella Ferrari ..... Giorgia, capo Area
Evita Ciri ..... Anna Donati
Marco Travaglio ..... Prof. Andrea Malinverni
Roberto De Francesco ..... Dott. Mauro Foli
Ignazio Oliva ..... Dott. Sebba
Giorgio Gobbi ..... Filippo
Vincenzo Tanassi ..... Alberto Petri
Leonardo Nigro ..... Fabio
Ippolito Chiariello ..... Dott. Buontempone
Alessia Barela ..... Dott.ssa Miceli
Paolo De Vita ..... Paolo
Pierpaolo Lovino ..... Stefano Pavolini
Beniamino Marcone ..... Giovane informatore
Roberto Silvestri ..... Giudice

Synopsis:

A scathing indictment of the pharmaceutical industry, Antonio Morabito's powerful drama depicts a stressed-out salesman using increasingly scurrilous means to sell his company's product. At the start, Bruno (Claudio Santamaria) is the Zafer corporation's golden boy, wheedling doctors and administrators to select his firm's treatments through various perks and his own charms. When he's told to push a controversial new medicine, he meets with resistance and is given an ultimatum-get a notoriously difficult hospital administrator to prescribe the drug or lose his job. Compounding the problem is his girlfriend's desire to have a child and his own increasing substance abuse. The Medicine Seller fearlessly indicts the whole pharmaceutical chain from the companies pushing the pills to the medical establishment's capitulation toward an increasingly narcotized society to suffering consumers who are ill-informed and often ill-advised about the potentially harmful drugs they are being prescribed.

A worthy exposé of a pressing problem, both in Italy and USA: corruption in the pharmaceutical industry. Bruno is a drug rep for Zafer. He bribes doctors, deceives colleagues, betrays the trust of close friends. He is the last link in illegal and widespread practices. The movie feels like Hitchcock suspense when Bruno pulls out all the stops to keep his world from imploding. Claudio Santamaria delivers a multi-dimensional performance, mastering the character's irritability as pressure increases to the point where stress has him trembling. Impressive.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 03 November, 2015.

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