Our Country
Film - International Program Filmfest 2007

Our Country

Directed by Francesca Comencini

Info

Director: Francesca Comencini
Section: International Program
Country: Italy
Year: 2006
PT: A casa nostra
OT: A CASA NOSTRA
Language: Italian
Cast: Valeria Golino, Luca Zingaretti, Laura Chiatti, Giuseppe Battiston, Luca Argentero
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

Our Country

Set in present day Milan, people with varied histories cross paths. Their lives are all ruled by money: a lot of money, very little money, stolen, earned, flaunted, hidden, sometimes unaccessable. The money flows from one story to another, from one person to the next. Ugo is an established banker, he is a shrewd, despondent man who operates in illegal ways. Rita is the chief of the tax police, a strong willed yet sensitive woman who is investigating him. Some of the other characters include a model, a professional killer, a prostitute, a pensioner all of whom are who are dealing aggression, weakness, kindness, as well as many other contradictions. Rita, Ugo and the others are different in the way they meet, love, hate, fight, unite and separate - not just because of the money, but because of the strength of their emotions. In the end, all of these people will meet in one place, at one specific moment, and the characters will face life and death as the city around them watches...

Meet the director

Francesca Comencini