Concrete Romance

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Concrete Romance
Cemento armato.jpg
Directed byMarco Martani
Written byMarco Martani
Starring Nicolas Vaporidis
Giorgio Faletti
Carolina Crescentini
CinematographyMarcello Montarsi
Music by Paolo Buonvino
Release date
  • October 5, 2007 (2007-10-05)
Running time
95 min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Concrete Romance (Italian : Cemento armato, literally "Reinforced Concrete") is a 2007 Italian neo-noir film directed by Marco Martani. [1] [2]

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Plot

The young restless Diego Santini accidentally collides with a mobster boxwood, called "Primary". The gangster wants at all costs to avenge the offense of Diego: he tries to kill Dieg's best friend, then shoots his mother, and finally humiliates Diego by making him believe police the culprit. Diego, trying to kill his enemy, he discovers that the primary years earlier killed his father, humiliating him in front of everyone, making him believe a "failed". So Diego, furious, following the primary to a bridge and jumps. Both fall into the void.

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References

  1. Gabriele Nola (July 6, 2007). "Cemento Armato un western di periferia". La Repubblica . Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  2. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.