The Inner Cage

Ariaferma
Leonardo Di Costanzo

Leonardo Di Costanzo’s atmospheric third fiction feature is a group character study set within a mostly abandoned prison, in which a handful of guards watch over a smattering of inmates as they await a constantly deferred transfer to another prison.

DIRECTOR
Leonardo Di Costanzo
YEAR
2021
COUNTRY
Italy, Switzerland
RUNTIME
117 minutes
LANGUAGE
Italian with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
Ariaferma
START DATE
June 12, 2022

Winner of the 2022 David di Donatello Awards for Best Original Screenplay, with Silvio Orlando taking  Best Actor, Leonardo Di Costanzo’s atmospheric third fiction feature is a group character study set within a mostly abandoned prison, in which a handful of guards watch over a smattering of inmates as they await a constantly deferred transfer to another prison. Toni Servillo stars as the guards’ captain, while the inmates have their own equivalent figure in the form of an influential mobster (Orlando). Di Costanzo’s documentary background is strongly felt in his evocative depiction of the prison’s inner workings, among its staff as well as those who are imprisoned there.

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