Like Sheep Among Wolves
2023 film
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Like Sheep Among Wolves (Italian: Come pecore in mezzo ai lupi) is a 2023 Italian crime-thriller film directed by Lyda Patitucci, at her feature film debut.
Matteo Rovere
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| Directed by | Lyda Patitucci |
| Screenplay by | Filippo Gravino |
| Produced by | Enrico Cerabino Matteo Rovere |
| Starring | Isabella Ragonese |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Maio |
| Edited by | Giuseppe Trepiccione |
| Music by | Ginevra Nervi |
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| Language | Italian |
Plot
Stefania is an undercover police officer who infiltrated an Italian-Serbian gang of criminals. She discovers the involvement of her brother Bruno, who recently got out of prison and whom she had not seen for years.
Cast
- Isabella Ragonese as Stefania/Vera
- Andrea Arcangeli as Bruno
- Clara Ponsot as Janine
- Tommaso Ragno as Sante
- Carolina Michelangeli as Marta
- Gennaro Di Colandrea as Gaetano
- Aleksandar Gavranic as Goran
- Alan Katić as Dragan
- Miloš Timotijević as Milorad
- Gabriele Portoghese as Di Franco
- Imma Villa as Ester
Production
The film was produced by Matteo Rovere's company Groenlandia, with whom Patitucci often collaborated as second-unit director, notably in The First King: Birth of an Empire and Italian Race.[1] It was shot in Rome, and had among its locations EUR, Villaggio Olimpico and the Aniene river area.[1] As to perform his role, Andrea Arcangeli lost 15 kilos.[2]
Release
The film premiered at the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, in the Harbor sidebar.[3] It was released in Italian cinemas on 13 July 2023.[4][5]
Reception
For this film Isabella Ragonese was nominated for best actress at the 69th edition of the David di Donatello awards.[6]
