The Parents' Room
Synopsis
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2021 - Directors' Fortnight - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 11 min
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Diego Marcon
- Producer
- Jacqui Davies
- Co-Producer
- Camilla Romeo
- Editor
- Diego Marcon
- Screenwriter
- Diego Marcon
- Director of Photography
- Pierluigi Laffi
- Production Designer
- Lorenzo Cianchi
- Sound
- Federico Chiari
- Composer
- Federico Chiari
- Principal cast
- Massimiliano Balduzzi, Chiara Serangeli, Beatrice Giavarini, Huey Lockwood
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, Italy co-production
Primitive Film (UK), Incurva (IT), Museo Madre – Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee (IT)
Primitive Film
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