Loose Cannons
Loose Cannons is a 2010 Italian comedy film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Özpetek also wrote the script with the help of Ivan Cotroneo, while Domenico Procacci served as a producer. The film stars Riccardo Scamarcio, Alessandro Preziosi, Nicole Grimaudo, Lunetta Savino, Ennio Fantastichini, and Ilaria Occhini.
Plot
Tommaso Cantone left his hometown in Salento, Southern Italy, because of its narrow-minded inhabitants, and for some time he has resided in Rome with his boyfriend: Marco, in fact, in the big city, he was able to create his own independence and live in the light of the sun his homosexuality. After a long time, determined to reveal his sexual orientation to his family, he returns to his homeland, where he comes to confront his middle-class parents, and a mentally different society. The Cantone are a large and bizarre family, known in Lecce for being the owner of a large industrial pasta factory. Tommaso will have to face his severe and hard father : Vincenzo, his suffocating mother : Stefania, his elder brother : Antonio, whom his father would like to be joined by Tommaso in the management of the pasta factory, and his sister : Elena, who aspires to a better life than that of a housewife. His eccentric aunt Luciana and his grandmother are also part of the numerous clan of the Cantone.
More details
| author | Ferzan Ozpetek Ivan Cotroneo |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Salento |
| director | Ferzan Ozpetek |
| editor | Patrizio Marone |
| events | authenticity coming out family hiding intergenerational struggle shame |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | better life big city carry on come out daily life disturb even heart attack sexual orientation suffer suffocate true love |
| musicBy | Pasquale Catalano |
| nomination | David di Donatello for Best Director European Film Award for Best Composer European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film |
| producer | Domenico Procacci |
| productionCompany | Fandango |
| publisher | 01 Distribution |
| recordedAt | Apulia |