SATURDAY 15 NOV – H 20:30 – ROOM 2
Meeting with the DIRECTOR and producer NICOLA GIULIANO (Indigo Film)

BREVE STORIA D’AMORE
ITALY – 2025 – color – 98’

Direction: Ludovica Rampoldi
Screenplay: Ludovica Rampoldi
Cinematography: Gogò Bianchi
Editing: Francesca Calvelli
Production design: Massimiliano Nocente
Music: Fabio Massimo Capogrosso
Costumes: Stefano Ciammitti
Cast: Pilar Fogliati (Lea), Adriano Giannini (Rocco), Andrea Carpenzano (Andrea), Valeria Golino (Cecilia), Massimo De Lorenzo (Umberto), Betti Pedrazzi (bartender), Monica Nappo (Adele), Lorenzo Gioielli (Sergio), Pia Engleberth (pianist), Giulia Maenza (Geraldina), Giselda Volodi (receptionist), Selene Caramazza (tv actress)
Producers: Nicola Giuliano, Viola Prestieri, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori
Production: Indigo Film, HT Film con Rai Cinema
Distribution: 01 Distribution
World: True Colours

Synopsis
This is the story of two couples: Lea and Andrea, both in their thirties, and Rocco and Cecilia, who are in their fifties. Their lives intersect one evening when Lea meets Rocco in a bar and begins a clandestine affair with him, conducted in the anonymity of a hotel room. On the surface, it appears to be a betrayal like many others, but it takes an unexpected turn when Lea starts to insinuate herself into Rocco’s life, ultimately drawing both of their partners into a final confrontation.

the director: LUDOVICA RAMPOLDI
As a screenwriter, she has collaborated with Marco Bellocchio (The Traitor, winner of the David di Donatello award and Exterior Night, recipient of the Silver Ribbon for Best Screenplay); Bernardo Bertolucci (The Eco Chamber); and Gabriele Salvatores (The Invisible Boy, winner of the Silver Ribbon for Best Story and the EFA Young Audience Award). Among her other works are: The Double Hour by Giuseppe Capotondi (Volpi Cup winner in Venice), Il maestro by Andrea Di Stefano (Out of Competition in Venice), and Primavera by Damiano Michieletto (Toronto IFF), the latter two soon to be released. For television, she has created and written series such as The Bad Guy, Gomorrah, the 1992/1993/1994 trilogy, the Italian adaptation of In Treatment, and Nemesi by Piero Messina, set to premiere on Netflix in 2026.

director statement
“I sought to observe these four characters from a distance, like an ant-keeper watches his ants in the display case: creatures that scurry about, unaware that the world does not end in that Plexiglas box. I recounted their stories without judgment, seeing myself reflected in each of them, because we have all betrayed, been betrayed, or been the other woman, the other man. And within this twisted triangle, I wanted to create a bond between the two women in which one saves the other, giving her another perspective and the tools to escape from the display case in which she has restricted her horizons. In the end, I realized that the only possible attitude in the face of mystery is to accept it: the existence of the other, their intimate, desiring, and secret life, as well as your own. And that life as a couple is, as in the opening scene, a game of chess in which no strategy can save you from getting punched in the face, resulting in shed blood.”

festival
2025 Festa del Cinema di Roma – Grand Public