The Different Being

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The Different Being
Poster - The Different Being.jpg
Poster of film
Directed by Rosario Brucato
Written by Rosario Brucato
Produced by Rosario Brucato
Starring Giuseppe Brucato
Veronica Brucato
Gaetana Fazio
Gaetana Daniela Scancarello
Calogero Ettore Cifalà
Davide La Noce
Francesca Valeria Ventre
Salvatore Pantano
Cinematography Rosario Brucato
Edited by Rosario Brucato
Music by Kevin MacLeod
Production
company
R.B. Cinema
Distributed by Amazon Prime Video
Release date
  • 2017 (2017)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Different Being (Italian : L'essere diverso) is a 2017 Italian horror-suspense short film, written, directed and edited by Rosario Brucato. [1] The film addresses the theme of diversity in a social context that does not accept physical malformations in human beings, which leads to severe mental health issues in the affected individuals, negatively impacting their social lives. The film was distributed by Amazon Prime Video. [2] [3]

Contents

Plot

Richard Blanz with social problems finds comfort only from the mother who urges him not to close in the house and above all not to get caught. The psychiatrist Fergurson diagnoses a social problem more than psychological. In Richard, with age advancing, he hates all those who mock him and acts violently with a girl who is deformed, talking to her friend hinting at the hunchback. It's Richard who is secluded in a bushy corner and hears them. Richard follows them when he finds the identity card of the young man who laughed at him. He goes to his home where he can enter while the victim reads a book on the bed. The girl smiles in the stairs and goes down to the kitchen to close the door with the key. Richard is already at home and is staging him... [4]

Cast

Awards and nominations

The Different Being (Italian: L'essere diverso) was filmed on a zero budget [5] and has garnered several nominations and victories at various international festivals, [6] mainly in Los Angeles and Hollywood. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

The film's recognition at these festivals highlights its success in the independent film circuit. It also received multiple awards, including the Outstanding Achievement Award for Debut Filmmaker at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival in 2018 in Calcutta, India. [13] [12] and the Best Editing Award at the Best Independents Film Festival in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in 2017. [14] [15]

Distributed through Amazon Prime Video, [2] [16] The Different Being reached a wider audience and was praised for its social themes and innovative approach to horror and suspense. [8] [1] [17] [18]

References

  1. 1 2 "Un siciliano a Hollywood, il corto di Brucato in gara al "Los Angeles CineFest"". PalermoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  2. 1 2 "The Different Being". Amazon Prime Video. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  3. ↑ "The Different Being". Amazon Prime Video. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  4. ↑ "The Different Being". Independent Shorts Awards. 2018-05-01.
  5. ↑ "Il filmmaker Rosario Brucato conquista le giurie internazionali di Los Angeles e approda anche in Germania". Il Popolo Veneto (in Italian). 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  6. ↑ "Il regista Rosario Brucato trionfa a Los Angeles e ad Hollywood". Treviso Today (in Italian). 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  7. ↑ "ISA award-winning Rosario Brucato in the news in Italy". Independent Shorts Awards. 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  8. 1 2 "Il regista Rosario Brucato porta la Marca a Hollywood con il film "L'essere diverso"". TrevisoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  9. ↑ "The Brucato brothers win in Hollywood with The Different Being". TeleNicosia (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  10. ↑ "The Different Being" . Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  11. ↑ "Rosario Brucato wins in Moscow with The Different Being". Il popolo Veneto (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  12. 1 2 "Nicosian director Rosario Brucato wins the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival". ViviEnna (in Italian).
  13. 1 2 "Director Rosario Brucato wins in India at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, winning the Outselling Achievement Award". TeleNicosia (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  14. ↑ "Nominees and Winners". BEST INDEPENDENTS INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL (in German). Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  15. ↑ "Il regista Rosario Brucato continua a vincere a Los Angeles e viene nominato anche in Germania - TeleNicosia". www.telenicosia.it (in Italian). 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  16. ↑ ""The Vanishing Hitchhiker": il film di Brucato ispirato alla leggenda dell'autostoppista fantasma". ilSicilia.it (in Italian). 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  17. ↑ "Nicosia. Il regista Rosario Brucato trionfa a Los Angeles". vivienna.it. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  18. ↑ "Rosario Brucato conquista Los Angeles e New York con "The Different Being"". Blasting News (in Italian). 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2025-04-22.


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