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"dark comedy that happens all in one night in a hospital" - SENTIERI SELVAGGI
PLOT: It's Ferragosto, Italy’s mid-August holiday, in a practically deserted hospital in Naples. Two nurses, Angelo and Salvatore, are on duty when Mr. Caputo is hospitalized in very serious condition. For Angelo, an experienced nurse, one look is enough to understand that the man will not make it through the night. Salvatore, who can't stand Angelo, decides to bet otherwise.
The stakes are high: the winner gets to take off work during the Christmas holidays, so Angelo accepts the challenge. From that moment on, the two spend a tense night while Salvatore tries to keep Mr. Caputo alive and Angelo plays dirty to win his bet. Anything can happen during the night shift!!
CAST: Carlo Buccirosso, Lino Musella, Nando Paone, Yari Gugliucci, Vittorio Ciorcalo, Clotilde Sabatino, Chiarastella Sorrentino, Iaia Forte
YEAR: 2024
LENGTH: 84 min.
GENRE: Comedy
RATING: USA: no rating
TIMES: Phoenix: April 12, 11:00 a.m.
  St. Louis: April 12, 5:00 p.m.
  Detroit: April 26, 5:00 p.m.
 
  Please note, while the trailer may not include subtitles, the film will be screened with English subtitles.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES:    
Giovanni Dota, born in 1989 in Naples, graduated from the Scuola di Cinema Pigrecoemme of Naples. He worked as assistant director for the TV series Gomorrah. His short film Fino alla fine was selected for the 2018 Venice Film Festival.

Regarding his film, Dota said: "La scomessa is not only a film inspired by Italy’s extraordinary tradition of comedy films, which Monicelli defined as ‘tragedies that make you laugh’; it also contains two features that dictate the story and the setting: the unity of time and place. All in one night, and all in one hospital. This apparently theatrical formula allowed us to draw on a cast that had obvious artistic and comedic talents, yet was also prepared, expert, and well aware of what was required".		 Cortellesi
DISTRIBUTOR: Minerva Pictures, Via Marcella 4/6, Rome