Italy / Aug 30, 2025 / Settimana Internazionale della Critica - Venezia 2025
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
During a scorching summer in the mountains of southern Italy, young, shy Luca develops an attraction for Valerio, an older boy with a passion for motorcycles. The two meet in secret, in the quiet of the countryside just outside the small town where they live. Chasing a desire that slowly escalates into obsession, Luca is forced to come to terms with the blurred boundary between pleasure and violence.
Main cast
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | La moto |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy, Denmark, Spain |
| Status | Released |
| Release date | 30 agosto 2025 |
| Production | Paolo Sideri, Matteo Giampetruzzi, Selma Munksgaard-Hansen, Valentin Marcus Andersen |
| Writer | Matteo Giampetruzzi |
| Editing | Manuela Gutiérrez Arrieta |
| Cinematography | Jens Vantore |
| Assistant directors | Valentina Pietrarca, Daniele Ambrosini, Matteo Giampetruzzi |
| Camera operators | Jens Vantore |
| Additional photography | Jens Vantore |
| Production design | David Santangelo |
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| Art direction | David Santangelo |
| Set decoration | David Santangelo |
| Music | Giovanni Sideri, Eugenio Bonemazzi |
| Sound | Giovanni Sideri, Eugenio Bonemazzi |
| Costume design | David Santangelo |
| Makeup | David Santangelo |
| Hairstyling | David Santangelo |
Release dates
Premiere
France / Nov 16, 2025 / 18 / Festival Chéries-Chéris
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