Salvo (film)

Salvo
Directed by	Fabio Grassadonia Antonio Piazza
Written by	Fabio Grassadonia Antonio Piazza
Produced by	Massimo Cristaldi Fabrizio Mosca
Starring	Saleh Bakri Sara Serraiocco
Cinematography	Daniele Ciprì
Edited by	Desideria Rayner
Production companies	Acaba produzioni Cristaldi Pictures MACT Productions Cité Films arte France Cinéma
Release dates	May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16)(Cannes Film Festival) June 27, 2013 (2013-06-27)(Italy) October 16, 2013 (2013-10-16)(France)
Running time	104 minutes
Countries	Italy France
Language	Italian
Budget	€1,000,000

Salvo is a 2013 Italian drama film written and directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza. It won the Critics' Week Grand Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. ^[1]

Cast

• Saleh Bakri as Salvo
• Sara Serraiocco as Rita
• Mario Pupella as The Boss
• Giuditta Perriera as Mimma Puleo
• Luigi Lo Cascio as Enzo Puleo

Reception

Salvo has an approval rating of 75% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 24 reviews, and an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Stylish and inventive, Salvo parcels out the thrills that genre fans seek while anchoring its story with satisfying, slow-building tension". ^[2] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". ^[3] Italian film critic Paolo Mereghetti described the film as a "symphony in three acts", which "starts as a noir, continues as a poliziottesco and ends as a melodrama". ^[4]

See also

• List of Italian films of 2013

References

1. Michael Rosser (23 May 2013). "Salvo wins Cannes Critics' Week". Screen Daily . Retrieved 19 May 2014.
2. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/salvo
3. https://www.metacritic.com/movie/salvo?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c
4. "Cinema: la Croisette a Milano, da oggi al 19 'Cannes e dintorni'". Libero (in Italian). 16 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

External links

• Salvo at IMDb
• Salvo at Rotten Tomatoes