The Interval

Story

Synopsis

A boy and a girl are locked in an enormous abandoned building in a rundown area. She is a prisoner and the local clan leader has forced him to be her warder. Despite their youth, both of them have grown up too fast. Veronica acts like a mature and open-minded woman whilst Salvatore is like a man who wants to hold on to his job and lead a quiet life. Thus, when faced with the violence of this incarceration, the two young people have different reactions: Veronica is restless and rebellious; Salvatore is more remissive and accommodating, either out of fear or realism. They are both victims but it is almost as though each blames the other for their reclusion. However, as the hours go by, their mutual hostility is transformed into an inevitable intimacy, consisting of reciprocal discoveries and confessions. Between the walls of that isolated and frightening place, Veronica and Salvatore fi nd a way to rekindle those adolescent dreams and ideas put aside too soon.

Director

Leonardo Di Costanzo

Writers

Mariangela Barbanente, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Maurizio Braucci

Language

Italian

Country

Switzerland, Germany, Italy

Release date

5 September 2012

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Francesca Riso

  Veronica

• 

  Alessio Gallo

  Salvatore

• 

  Antonio Buíl

  Padre di Salvatore

• 

  Carmine Paternoster

  Bernardino

• 

  Salvatore Ruocco

  Mimmo

• Jean Yves Morard

  Il Slavo