Born in 1977, Adriano Valerio is an Italian director. His short film 37°4S (2013) received a Special Mention at the Festival de Cannes and won a David di Donatello Award. His first feature film, Banat: the Journey (2015), was presented at the Critics' Week at the Venice International Film Festival and was nominated for the David di Donatello and Golden Globes Awards for Best First Film. His short film Mon amour, mon ami (2017) was presented in the Orizzonti section at Venice and at the Toronto International Film Festival. His short documentary Les Aigles de Carthage (2020) opened the Critics’ Week in Venice. His short The Nightwalk (2021) won the Prix Canal+ at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, while Calcutta 8:40am (2023) was presented at the Rome Film Fest and won the Nastro d’Argento.
Fouad, a Moroccan national, has been living clandestinely in Italy for years, while Daniela is a former drug addict from the upper middle-class of Apulia. When these two find each other by chance in Umbria, a love that helps them heal is begun. But, Fouad’s feelings of not belonging and the interminable wait for his visa push him to the brink: Will he stay or go back to Casablanca, even if never to return?
Director Adriano Valerio
Producer Lionel Massol, Pauline Seigland, Giulia Achilli, Marco Alessi
Screenwriter Adriano Valerio
Cinematographer Diego Romero Suarez-Ilanos, Jonathan Ricquebourg
Editor Andrea Maguolo, Alice Roffinengo
Sound Enrico Ascoli
Music Enrico Ascoli
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Production Company Films Grand Huit, Dugong Films
International Sales Company Salaud Morisset