Italy / Sep 01, 2003 / 14+ / Mostra del cinema di Venezia
1h 37min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Two childhood friends from a tough Milanese suburb—one a low-level drug dealer, the other stuck in a back-breaking, underpaid job—find their bond tested when they both fall for the same girl against a backdrop of escalating social unrest in their neighborhood square.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Andrea Canesi | Renato |
| Teco Celio | Padre di Claudio |
| Vito Gravante | Carlo |
| Francesco Guida | Fridas |
| Alessandro Mureddu | Alarico |
| Olga Olgiati | Giovane madre |
| Giancarlo Kalabrugovic | Bifo |
| Luca Persico | Zulù |
| Giovanna Pattonieri Revere | Madre di Maja |
| Roberto Sbaratto | Grignani |
| Mauro Serio | Commissario Di Natale |
| Umberto Terruso | Poliziotto |
| Angelo Tramontana | Tony |
| Matteo "TrKvTz" Vescovi | Davidone |
| Persefone Zubtic | Margareth |
| Elio Germano | Ragazzo in discoteca |
| Kristoph Tassin | Squat rioter |
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| Marie Biondini | Herself |
| Mounir Ramdham | Zakir |
| Paolo Mazzarelli | Sammy |
| Giuseppe De Rosa | Vasco |
| Emanuele Zingrillo | Ugo |
| Emanuele Caputo | Alberto |
| Alessandro Sampaoli | Pettinato |
| Riccardo Magherini | Fossa |
| Gianpiero Da Dalto | Savino |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Fame Chimica |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy, Switzerland |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Gagarin, UBU Film, Tele+, Officine UBU, CISA Service, RSI |
| Release date | 30 aprile 2004 |
| Executive producer | Franco Bocca Gelsi |
| Production | Pio Bordoni, Franco Bocca Gelsi, Gianfilippo Pedote, Franco Zuliani |
| Writer | Antonio Bocola, Paolo Vari, Gianfilippo Pedote, Cristina Prosepio, Francesco Scarpelli |
| Casting | Valentina Materiale |
| Editing | Maurizio Grillo, Andrea Gandolfo, Francesco Galli |
| Cinematography | Mladen Matula, Luca Dell'Oro |
| Assistant directors | Enrico Clerico Nasino, Alessandro Stellari, Antonio Bocola, Paolo Vari |
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| Lighting | Francesco Galli |
| Camera operators | Luca Dell'Oro |
| Additional photography | Luca Dell'Oro |
| Music | Pino Daniele, Luca Persico, Filippo Bussi, Emanuele Gualtiero Chiappa, Roberto Mozzarelli, Giorgio Vita Levi |
| Sound | Pino Daniele, Luca Persico, Filippo Bussi, Emanuele Gualtiero Chiappa, Roberto Mozzarelli, Giorgio Vita Levi |
| Costume design | Massimo De Pellegrino, Sabrina Beretta |
| Makeup | Massimo De Pellegrino, Sabrina Beretta |
| Hairstyling | Massimo De Pellegrino, Sabrina Beretta |
Release dates
Premiere
Germany / Jan 23, 2004 / 12 / Wuerzburg Film Festival
Sweden / Jan 30, 2004 / 11 / Göteborg Film Festival
Denmark / Aug 23, 2004 / 11 / Copenhagen International Film Festival
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France / Oct 01, 2004 / 12 / Annecy Italian Film Festival
Hungary / Oct 19, 2005 / 12 / Mittel Cinema Fest
Philippines / Sep 13, 2008 / R-13 / Cine Europa Film Festival
Theatrical release
Italy / Apr 30, 2004
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