Loose Cannons (2010 film)
Loose Cannons | |
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Italian Poster | |
Directed by | Ferzan Özpetek |
Produced by | Domenico Procacci |
Written by |
Ferzan Özpetek Ivan Cotroneo |
Starring |
Riccardo Scamarcio Alessandro Preziosi Nicole Grimaudo Lunetta Savino Ennio Fantastichini Ilaria Occhini |
Music by | Pasquale Catalano |
Cinematography | Maurizio Calvesi |
Edited by | Patrizio Marone |
Production company |
Fandango |
Distributed by | 01 Distribution |
Release dates |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Box office | €8.300.656[1] |
Loose Cannons (Italian: Mine vaganti) is a 2010 Italian comedy film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Özpetek also wrote the script, with the help of Ivan Cotroneo, while Domenico Procacci served as a producer. The film stars Riccardo Scamarcio, Alessandro Preziosi, Nicole Grimaudo, Lunetta Savino, Ennio Fantastichini and Ilaria Occhini.
Loose Cannons premiered on 13 February 2010 at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. The following month, it was theatrically released in Italy, Switzerland and Turkey. In the United States, the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on 28 April 2010, where it won the Special Jury Prize. It would subsequently be released at the Seattle International Film Festival, Provincetown International Film Festival and Palm Springs International Film Festival. In October 2010, the film was screened at the London Film Festival.
Loose Cannons was highly praised by film critics. It was nominated for thirteen David di Donatello Awards, including for the Best Film, winning the Best Supporting Actor for Ennio Fantastichini and the Best Supporting Actress for Ilaria Occhini. The film also earned six out of eleven nominations at the Nastro d'Argento Awards.[2]
Plot summary
The Cantones are a bourgeois family who own a pasta factory in Lecce in conservative Southern Italy. One of the two sons, Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio), returns from his studies in Rome and hopes to make the most of a family reunion to reveal his homosexuality. Tommaso discusses his plans with his elder brother, Antonio (Alessandro Preziosi), and also tells him about his desire to break away from the family business to become a writer in Rome. During a dinner with the Brunetti family, with whom the Cantones are in business, just as Tommaso is about to share his news, Antonio interrupts and reveals to everyone that he himself is homosexual. Mr Cantone (Ennio Fantastichini), the brothers' father, takes the news badly and is admitted to hospital.
Rejecting Antonio, Mr Cantone decides to place Tommaso in charge of the family business. Tommaso changes his mind about revealing his homosexuality, as he thinks it could kill his father, and accepts. Life is made more difficult for Tommaso when his boyfriend, Marco (Carmine Recano), decides to visit him at his family home along with various other friends from Rome.
Cast
- Riccardo Scamarcio as Tommaso Cantone
- Alessandro Preziosi as Antonio Cantone
- Nicole Grimaudo as Alba Brunetti
- Lunetta Savino as Stefania Cantone
- Ennio Fantastichini as Vincenzo Cantone
- Ilaria Occhini as Grandmother
- Elena Sofia Ricci as Aunt Luciana
- Bianca Nappi as Elena Cantone
- Massimiliano Gallo as Salvatore
- Daniele Pecci as Andrea
- Carolina Crescentini as Young Grandmother
- Carmine Recano as Marco
- Paola Minaccioni as Teresa
- Gianluca De Marchi as Davide
- Mauro Bonaffini as Massimiliano
- Gea Martire as Patrizia
- Matteo Taranto as Domenico
- Giorgio Marchesi as Nicola
Release
Loose Cannons premiered on 13 February 2010 at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.[3] The following month, it was theatrically released in Italy, Switzerland and Turkey. On 28 April, the film was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival,[4] earning the Special Jury Prize.[5] A month later, Loose Cannons was shown at the Seattle International Film Festival.[6] In the United States, it would also be screened at the Provincetown International Film Festival and Palm Springs International Film Festival in January 2011.[7]
Throughout 2010 and 2011, Loose Cannons was screened at film festivals such as Aruba International Film Festival, Moscow Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival, Festival do Rio and Ghent International Film Festival, and was theatrically released in France, Russia, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Hungary, Japan, Colombia, the Netherlands, Argentina and Philippines.[8] In October 2010, the film was shown at the London Film Festival before being released in British cinemas.[9]
Reception
Awards and nominations
Awards | Category | Nominee | Result |
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63rd Silver Ribbon Awards | Best Director | Ferzan Özpetek | Nominated |
Best Comedy | Ferzan Özpetek | Won | |
Best Producer | Domenico Procacci | Nominated | |
Best Screenplay | Ferzan Özpetek and Ivan Cotroneo | Nominated | |
Best Actor | Riccardo Scamarcio | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actor | Ennio Fantastichini | Won | |
Best Supporting Actress | Elena Sofia Ricci and Lunetta Savino | Won | |
Best Cinematography | Maurizio Calvesi | Won | |
Best Scenography | Andrea Crisanti | Nominated | |
Best Score | Pasquale Catalano | Nominated | |
Best Original Song | Patty Pravo | Won | |
59th David di Donatello Awards | Best Film | Ferzan Özpetek | Nominated |
Best Director | Ferzan Özpetek | Nominated | |
Best Script | Ferzan Özpetek, Ivan Cotroneo | Nominated | |
Best Producer | Domenico Procacci | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actor | Ennio Fantastichini | Won | |
Best Supporting Actress | Ilaria Occhini | Won | |
Best Supporting Actress | Elena Sofia Ricci | Nominated | |
Best Cinematography | Maurizio Calvesi | Nominated | |
Best Score | Pasquale Catalano | Nominated | |
Best Original Song | Marco Giacomelli, Patty Pravo, Fabio Petrillo, Ilaria Cortese | Nominated | |
Best Production Design | Andrea Crisanti | Nominated | |
Best Costumes | Alessandro Lai | Nominated | |
Best Film Editing | Patrizio Marone | Nominated | |
50th Italian Golden Globe | Best Film | Paolo Sorrentino | Won |
Best Screenplay | Ferzan Özpetek and Ivan Cotroneo | Won | |
Best Cinematography | Maurizio Calvesi | Won | |
Best Actress Revelation | Nicole Grimaudo | Won | |
25th Ciak d'oro | Best Film | Ferzan Özpetek | Won |
Best Actor | Riccardo Scamarcio | Won | |
Best Supporting Actor | Ennio Fantastichini | Won | |
Best Supporting Actress | Elena Sofia Ricci | Won | |
Best Screenwriter | Ferzan Özpetek and Ivan Cotroneo | Nominated | |
Best Producer | Domenico Procacci | Nominated | |
Best Sets and Decorations | Andrea Crisanti | Nominated | |
Best Movie Poster | Nominated | ||
23rd European Film Awards | Audience Award for Best Film | Loose Cannons | Nominated |
Audience Award for Best Score | Pasquale Catalano | Nominated | |
Tribeca Film Festival Awards | Special Jury Prize | Loose Cannons | Won |
Other media
Soundtrack album
Loose Cannons | |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
Released | 12 March 2010 |
Recorded | 2009–10 |
Genre | Soundtrack, pop |
Length | 66:18 |
Label | Universal Music |
Producer | Pasquale Catalano |
The soundtrack album for Loose Cannons was released on 12 March 2010 through Universal Music. It was produced by Pasquale Catalano, who also composed the original music for the film. The vocals were recorded by Eleonora Bordonaro, while the music was recorded by Fabrizio Romano (piano), Paolo Sasso (violin), Pietro Bentivenga (accordion), Claudio Romano (guitar), Domenico Rinaldi (oboe) and Pasquale Catalano (guitar, mandolin and harpsichord).
Track listing
- "Sogno" by Patty Pravo
- "La linea dei ricordi" by Pasquale Catalano
- "Tutti lo sanno" by Pasquale Catalano
- "50mila" by Nina Zilli
- "Nessuno ad aspettare" by Pasquale Catalano
- "Duetto" by Pasquale Catalano
- "Una notte a Napoli" by Pink Martini
- "Sulina Waltz" by Pasquale Catalano
- "Sorry, I'm a Lady" by Baccara
- "Cuore di sabbia" by Pasquale Catalano
- "Mine vaganti" by Pasquale Catalano
- "Kutlama" by Sezen Aksu
- "Due notti" by Pasquale Catalano
- "Yara" by Radiodervish
- "La ruota pazza" by Pasquale Catalano
- "Pensiero stupendo" by Patty Pravo
- "Mais De Min" by Mariana Delgado
- "Kutlama (Reprise)" by Radiodervish
Home media
Loose Cannons was released on DVD on 25 June 2010, and on Blu-ray on 27 August.
References
- ↑ "Mine vaganti – Statistiche". www.movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ↑ "Mine vaganti – Premi". www.movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ↑ "Panorama: Mine vaganti / Loose Cannons". Berlin International Film Festival (in German). 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ↑ Wigon, Zachary (27 April 2010). "Q&A: Loose Cannons". Tribeca Film Festival. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ↑ Gullotti, Antonella (30 April 2010). ""Mine Vaganti" di Ozpetek vince il premio giuria al Tribeca Film Festival". Newnotizie (in Italian). Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ↑ "Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti)". Seattle International Film Festival. 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ↑ "Loose Cannons". Palm Springs International Film Festival. 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ↑ "Release dates for Loose Cannons (2010)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ↑ Fusco, Fabio (8 October 2010). "Il London Film Festival 2010 parla italiano". www.movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 March 2012.