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Italy, 2009 - 86' Color, 35 mm Director Alessandro Angelini Cast Sergio Castellitto (Mero), Gabriele Campanelli (Lorenzo), Giorgio Colangeli (Malagodi), Anita Kravos (Sonia), Duccio Camerini (Abatino), Augusto Fornari (Brancifiore) Screenplay Alessandro Angelini, Angelo Carbone, Francesca Marciano Cinematography Arnaldo Catinari Editing Massimo Fiocchi Production Design Alessandro Marrazzo Costumes Design Daniela Ciancio Music Luca Tozzi Producer Donatella Botti Production Bianca Film, Rai Cinema, Alien Produzioni Italian Distribution 01 Distribution International Distribution Rai Trade - Via Umberto Novaro, 18 – 00195 Rome (Italy) - T. +39 06 374 981 – F. +39 06 370 1343 - www.raitrade.it			Screenings 17.10.2009 h 11:00, Quattro Fontane 3 18.10.2009 h 19:00, Sinopoli 19.10.2009 h 22:30, Sala Cinema Lotto 20.10.2009 h 19:30, Metropolitan 2 24.10.2009 h 15:00, Sala Cinema Lotto Synopsis Mero, a skilled shipyard worker, is a single father. His son Lorenzo, born from a relationship with an Albanian girl, is his only reason for living. The father dreams that the boy will becoming a champion boxer, to make up for his own anonymous career as an amateur in the ring. This is why he puts him through a tough training programme, teaching him day after day to throw punches and protect himself from life's low blows. The balance of this relationship is disturbed by the return of Lorenzo's mother Denisa and by the son's meeting with young Ana. Mero's trials are not over and he must face up to pain, his prejudices and the remoteness of Italy's north east. Angelini presented his directorial debut L'aria salata at the first edition of the Rome Film Fest. Director Alessandro Angelini was born in Rome in 1971. He worked as a freelance photojournalist for various press agencies before then starting a career as assistant director, collaborating with Nanni Moretti, Mimmo Calopresti, Francesca Comencini and Sergio Rubini among others. In 1996 he made his first short film, Strategia della fortuna. In 2000 he won the prize for Best Documentary at the Turin Film Festival with Ragazzi del Ghana. His first feature film L'aria salata (Salty Air) came away with the Best Actor prize at the Rome Film Fest in 2006.