Don’t Be Cruel

Don’t Be Cruel

Ιταλία / Italy, 15′, 2022

age recommendation: 12+

Ninni and his father Amelio wish to redeem their modest lifestyle. An opportunity will arise when the father, who works as an Elvis lookalike, is called to perform in a rich seaside resort. On that night, however, Ninni will be forced to come to terms with the harsh reality of the real world.

Andrej Chinappi

He was born in 1992 and has a double degree in Literature and in Philosophy. From 2014 he has managed the paper magazine Il Bestiario degli italiani. He has worked in France as a scriptwriter for Radio France; afterwards he obtained a degree in Film Directing at the Scuola Holden in Turin. In 2018 he directed his first short film titled Infanziaan homage to the Russian filmmaker Tarkovskij. In 2019 his short Sanpietro was part of the international official selection at the Festa del Cinema di Roma.


Cast & Crew

  • direction: Andrej Chinappi
  • screenplay: Andrej Chinappi, Carlotta Correra
  • cinematography: Daniele Ciprì
  • editing: Chiara Ceppaluni
  • music: Lorenzo Ceci, Edoardo Baldi
  • sound: Filippo Barracco
  • cast: Fausto Morciano, Giorgio Ricci
  • producer: Valerio Antonini, Pietro Torcolini
  • production company: A Little Confidence
  • original language: Ιταλικά / Italian

Filmography

  • Casa del Tempo (2020)
  • Radio Terra (2019)
  • Sanpietro (2019)
  • Infanzia (2018)
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