The Slow Game
In an atmosphere between fiction and reality, a rugby game in the suburbs becomes the allegory of the daily struggle of an italian family against the trials and tribulations of life.
- Italy
- 2009, 12 min
- Director: Paolo Sorrentino
- Director of photography: Gergely Poharnok
- Editor: Cristiano Travaglioli
- Screenplay: Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello
- Cast: Monica Dugo, Roberto Bernardini, Renato Gnani, Francesco Iacorossi
- Contacts: Blue Suede Shoots
- Producer: Maurizio Coppolecchia
- Production: Parco Film
Paolo Sorrentino
Paolo Sorrentino (1970, Naples) worked as a playwright with Naples’ filmmakers and theaters. In 1998, he made the short film, L’amore non ha confine, winner of several Italian and international awards. In 2000, he co-authored the TV series “La squadra” and made his first feature film L’uomo in più (One Man Up) that competed at the 2001 Venice festival and won a number of awards. His following films, Le conseguenze dell’ amore (The Consequences of Love, 2004), L’amico di famiglia (Friend of the Family, 2005) and Il divo (2008) have won many awards and all of them competed in Cannes.