Il sesso degli angeli

by Leonardo Pieraccioni

Don Simone is a frontier priest who receives fantastic news: an eccentric uncle has bequeathed him a very successful business in Switzerland.

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DATA SHEET

Orginal title:

Il sesso degli angeli

Year:

2022

Length (min.):

91''

Original language:

italian

Production:

Levante con Rai Cinema

Distributors:

01 Distribution, Rai Cinema

Facts & Figures:

Le riprese del film si sono svolte per quattro settimane a Roma, tre settimane a Firenze e una settimana in Svizzera a Lugano.

Official website:

01 Distribution - Il sesso degli angeli

SYNOPSIS

Don Simone is a frontier priest, with a church that is always in trouble and never frequented by young people who prefer, rather, the "togetherness" of social networks. Finally, Don Simone receives fantastic news: an eccentric uncle has bequeathed him a very successful business in Switzerland that will raise the economic fortunes of his always deserted oratory! But once in Lugano, our priest discovers that he has inherited... a brothel!

LOCATION

Lugano and surroundings

CAST & CREW

Direction:

Leonardo Pieraccioni

Film script:

Leonardo Pieraccioni, Filippo Bologna

Cast:

Leonardo Pieraccioni, Sabrina Ferilli, Marcello Fonte, Gabriela Giovanardi, Eva Moore, Maitè Yanes, Valentina Pegorer, Giulia Perulli e Massimo Ceccherini

Director of photography:

Fabrizio Lucci

Scenography:

Francesco Frigeri

Costumes:

Claudio Cordaro

Makeup:

Francesca Rossi, Giulia Stronati, Irene Legramandi

Sound:

Mirko Pantalla

Music:

Gianluca Sibaldi

Producers:

Alessandro Calosci per Filmotto

For a Florentine, Lugano is a place that only lacks carpeting. On set, I was attracted to the fact that there was an attendant changing the flowers trampled during the celebrations for Italy's victory at the European Championships. The fantastic clichés a Florentine might have about Lugano are all there. And then there is this calmness of the lake that is typical of all lakeside cities and that causes you an exceptional relaxation. We're looking for the sun for these shoots and even when it's not there, we look at the lake and dilute ourselves, or make a virtue of necessity. And since this is a film that deals with deep doubts, certain calmness can also help us from this point of view.