The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Dir. Stefano Calvagna’s third feature is inspired by the real events in the life of Luciano Liboni, aka "The Wolf." A freewheeling interpretation of the character, here renamed Franco Scattoni (Massimo Bonetti), the film highlights the ups and downs of a rough and violent man, whose behavior borders on madness and is worsened by epilepsy. Il Lupo feels he has nothing to loose. Diving headfirst into a life of crime, he ends up killing a gas station attendant in Perugia in 2002. He then kills a young "carabiniere," and becomes a wanted fugitive. A case study in human behavior’s violent patterns framed as a psychological thriller and police story, this controversial film has been praised for the uncompromising realism of its disturbing narrative.
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Key crew
- Stefano CalvagnaDirector
- Stefano CalvagnaWriter
- Stefano CalvagnaScreenplay
Cast
- Massimo BonettiIl Lupo
- Mirko PetriniMauro
- Antonella PonzianiSara
- Claudio AngeliniPadre del Lupo
- Maurizio MattioliMaresciallo Piparo
- Enrico MontesanoErmanno Franchini
- Stefano CalvagnaGladio
- Marcello MagnelliBarbone
- Christian MarazzitiFiglio di Franchini
- Isabella CelaniMoglie di Franchini
- Massimiliano CurcioCalabrese
- Roberto MincuzziPoliziotto