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The Lord of the Ants

Genre

Film drama

Cast

Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Sara Serraiocco, Leonardo Maltese, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Rita Bosello

Directed by

Gianni Amelio

The Lord of the Ants

Genre

Film drama

Cast

Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Sara Serraiocco, Leonardo Maltese, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Rita Bosel

Directed by

Gianni Amelio
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Where it was filmed 'The Lord of the Ants'

Il signore delle formiche tells the story of Aldo Braibanti (Luigi Lo Cascio), an intellectual, poet and playwright from Emilia-Romagna, accused and condemned for the coercion of a young man, denounced by his conservative, Catholic family. The charge hid within it an accusation of homosexuality and lead to his incarceration.

Drawing inspiration from true events, the film tells a story through a chorus of voices, the defendant, his family and friends, accusers and supporters. 
Gianni Amelio shot mainly in the region where Braibanti lived, Emilia-Romagna, in particular in Busseto, where he lived with his mother in via Roma. Locations also included Salsomaggiore Terme, San Giorgio Piacentino, Sissa Trecasali and the historical centre of Roccabianca.

Scenes were also shot in Lazio, in the former Castello prison in Velletri.

Where it was filmed 'The Lord of the Ants'

Il signore delle formiche tells the story of Aldo Braibanti (Luigi Lo Cascio), an intellectual, poet and playwright from Emilia-Romagna, accused and condemned for the coercion of a young man, denounced by his conservative, Catholic family. The charge hid within it an accusation of homosexuality and lead to his incarceration.

Drawing inspiration from true events, the film tells a story through a chorus of voices, the defendant, his family and friends, accusers and supporters. 
Gianni Amelio shot mainly in the region where Braibanti lived, Emilia-Romagna, in particular in Busseto, where he lived with his mother in via Roma. Locations also included Salsomaggiore Terme, San Giorgio Piacentino, Sissa Trecasali and the historical centre of Roccabianca.

Scenes were also shot in Lazio, in the former Castello prison in Velletri.

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Data sheet

Genre
Film drama
Directed by
Gianni Amelio
Cast
Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Sara Serraiocco, Leonardo Maltese, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Rita Bosello
Country of production
Italy
Year
2022
Setting year
1960
Production

Kavac Film, IBC Movie, Tenderstories, Rai Cinema

Plot

At the end of the sixties, a trial was held in Rome that caused a sensation. Playwright and poet Aldo Braibanti was sentenced to nine years’ prison, found guilty of plagio. That is, of having submitted another person, physically and psychologically, to his own will. In this case, a student and friend who was barely of age. The youth’s family had him committed to a psychiatric hospital and subjected to a string of devastating electroshock treatments to “cure” him of that “diabolical” influence. Some years later, the crime of plagio was removed from the Italian penal code. But by that point, it had been used to incriminate “misfits” of every kind, outlaws from the norm. Drawing inspiration from true events, the film tells a story through a chorus of voices. Other than the defendant, his family and friends, accusers and supporters take shape against a backdrop of largely distracted or indifferent public opinion. Only one journalist takes on the task of piecing together the truth, facing suspicion and censorship as he does so.

The locations

Roccabianca
Region: Emilia-Romagna Type: Historical village (Borgo) Territory: Lowland / plain

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