“Il quieto vive” by Gianluca Matarrese arrives in theaters on March 12th. After the success of “Gen_”, presented at Sundance and the only Italian film in competition, the director returns to the cinema with a new work, presented as a special event out of competition at the Giornate degli Autori of the Venice Film Festival.
The film, written by Gianluca Matarrese together with Nico Morabito, is a Faber Produzioni and Stemal Entertainment co-production with Rai Cinema and Elefant Films with RSI, produced by Donatella Palermo with Alex Iordachescu, in collaboration with the Calabria Film Commission and distributed by Luce Cinecittà.
Two previews in Calabria
Two previews are planned in Calabria in the presence of the director and the cast who will meet the public. The first is scheduled for March 7th in Corigliano-Rossano at the Metropol cinema theater at 9pm, the second on March 8th in Cosenza at the San Nicola cinema at 8.15pm.
The film was shot in Calabria, between Corigliano-Rossano and Sibari, with some scenes shot in the archaeological park.
A family story between reality and cinema
“The Quiet Living” tells of a family war, inspired by a true story experienced by the director himself. The protagonists of the film are in fact some members of his family: his cousins Maria Luisa Magno and Imma Capalbo, his mother Carmela Magno, his aunts Concetta and Filomena, his cousins Sergio Turano and Giorgio Pucci, together with other relatives of Cozzo.
«The film was born from a true story lived within the walls of my family – says Matarrese -. In a Calabrian village where resentment is daily and conflict is almost sacred, I tell the story of the domestic war between two sisters-in-law, Luisa and Imma. Through a language that blends documentary, fiction and theater I stage a closed universe, where every argument becomes a performance and every lunch a battlefield.”
The director adds: «With irony and crudeness I explore that suspended moment that precedes the tragedy, when the conflict could still be avoided. Maybe also thanks to the cinema.”