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| Directed by | Giulio Base |
| Screenplay by | Giulio Base Franco Bertini |
| Produced by | Claudio Bonivento |
| Starring | Giulio Base Gianmarco Tognazzi |
| Cinematography | Alessio Gelsini Torresi |
| Edited by | Claudio Di Mauro |
| Music by | Oscar Prudente |
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| Language | Italian |
Crack is a 1991 Italian sports drama film co-written and directed by Giulio Base, in his directorial debut. It premiered at the 48th Venice International Film Festival.
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The film is an adaptation of Franco Bertini's play of the same title, with Base reprising the role he had performed on stage. [1] [2] Principal photography began in late February 1991. [2] The film had a budget of about 2 billion lire. [2]
The film had its world premiere at the 48th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Mattinate del Cinema Italiano ("Italian Cinema Mornings") sidebar. [3] It was also screened at the 39th San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won the Zabaltegi Award. [4]
Italian film critic Maurizio Fantoni Minnella praised the film, which "exhibits a distinctive visual approach to its narrative material", characterized by a directing style that emphasizes immediacy and a clearly identifiable narrative rhythm. [5] Alessandra Levantesi from La Stampa described it as "a melodrama structured around an aesthetic of violence, incorporating rhythmic variations typical of American action cinema", whose "strongest qualities [...] emerge in the more intimate, almost twilight-like scenes, enhanced by Alessio Gelsini's painterly cinematography". [6]
For this film, Base received a David di Donatello nomination as best new director. [7] [8] For his performance, Gianmarco Tognazzi was awarded a Silver Plaque at the 1991 Grolla d'oro Awards. [9]
