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Directed by | Pappi Corsicato |
Written by | Heinrich von Kleist (Novel), Massimo Gaudioso, Pappi Corsicato |
Produced by | Marco Poccioni, Marco Valsania |
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Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
Edited by | Giogiò Franchini |
Production companies | Rodeo Drive, Medusa Film, Sky Cinema |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Budget | 300,000 € |
Box office | 674,151 € |
The Seed of Discord (Italian : Il seme della discordia) is a 2008 Italian film. The film is a modernisation of Heinrich von Kleist's novel The Marquise of O . [1] It was entered into the main competition at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.
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