Children of the Monkey

Tommaso Landucci

Producer

Andrea Calbucci

Lab Edition

2023

Production

Lungta Film, Italy; Moderato, France

Country

Italy

SYNOPSIS

Dario and his brother Roberto are both parents, but Enrico, Dario's son, is severely disabled. On the contrary, Roberto's son Giacomo is an athletic teenage boy to whom Dario feels drawn to. In the nephew he finds the son he would have liked to have had and takes the role of the father he could have been. A family drama focused on the exaltation of small, habitual moments through a warm and sweet tone, without the fear of showing the emotions of the characters.

DIRECTOR'S NOTE

I believe that in parenthood there is a contrasting duality between generosity and selfishness. Within it, I would like to explore the distinction between a "child" and an "heir". That is why I choose to talk about disability. All the parents of a disabled child know this: before the pain of the child born in adverse conditions takes over, for a moment they feel the pain of loss. They mourn "the other child", the one they imagined having during the pregnancy. The question I asked myself is: what happens when that other child materializes?

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Tommaso Landucci was born in Italy in 1989 and he graduated in directing from the Italian National School of Cinema. After working as personal assistant for Luca Guadagnino, he directed the feature documentary Caveman -The Hidden Giant, which premiered at the 78th Venice Film Festival, and was a finalist of Nastri D'Argento 2022. Currently he is working on his debut feature film Children of the Monkey, written with Damiano Femfert and produced by Lungta Film. It was awarded the Premio Solinas 2021, the most prestigious award in Italy for best screenplay.

PRODUCER

Andrea Calbucci

Experienced producer Andrea Calbucci joined Lungta Film in 2014. He takes care of every artistic aspect of Lungta Films projects, from the choice of subjects, to editing, and the preparation of the actors. Lungta is a film, television and theater production company which has produced Whitout Pity (2014), a debut feature by Michele Alhaique, If Life Gives You Lemons (2018), a debut feature by Ciro D'Emilio and Padrenostro (2020) by Claudio Noce. All premiered at Venice Film Festival and they have gained international awards such as: Coppa Volpi for best actor to Pierfrancesco Favino in Padrenostro and Nastro d'Argento to Anna Foglietta for If Life Give You Lemons. In 2022 Lungta produced Ciro D'Emilio's second feature, Per niente al mondo, and in 2023 Lorenzo Tiberia's debut feature Gli Attassati.

PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE

Lungta Film (Rome, Italy), Moderato (Paris, France) lungtafilm@gmail.com +39 3288398538

PRODUCTION BUDGET

Budget (USD): 1.864.663
Confirmed budget (USD) and source: 60.000 (USD), Ministry of Culture's Funds

LANGUAGE

Italian

GENRE

Drama

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