The Interval
Released: 2012
Drama, Crime
A boy and a girl are locked in an enormous abandoned building in a rundown area. She is a prisoner and the local clan leader has forced him to be her warder. Despite their youth, both of them have grown up too fast. Veronica acts like a mature and open-minded woman whilst Salvatore is like a man who wants to hold on to his job and lead a quiet life. Thus, when faced with the violence of this incarceration, the two young people have different reactions: Veronica is restless and rebellious; Salvatore is more remissive and accommodating, either out of fear or realism. They are both victims but it is almost as though each blames the other for their reclusion. However, as the hours go by, their mutual hostility is transformed into an inevitable intimacy, consisting of reciprocal discoveries and confessions. Between the walls of that isolated and frightening place, Veronica and Salvatore fi nd a way to rekindle those adolescent dreams and ideas put aside too soon.
Starring: Francesca Riso, Alessio Gallo, Antonio Buíl, Carmine Paternoster, Salvatore Ruocco, Jean Yves Morard
Directed by: Leonardo Di Costanzo
Written by: Maurizio Braucci, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Mariangela Barbanente
Language: Italian
Scenes
A young woman is kidnapped and taken to an abandoned building. She needs to pee and the captor accompanies her. She asks him to sing and tap his feet to drown out the sound of her peeing. Nothing is shown.
Alternate Titles
The Interval