The intimate story and touching of a Italian herooriginally from Southanimated by ideals of peace And justicethat to save one human life he did not hesitate to sacrifice his own, with courage And without any hesitation.
At the cinema with Notorius Pictures, “The Nibbio”second work of Alessandro Tonda After “The Shift”, he tells twenty years after the tragic events the twenty -eight days preceding March 4, 2005, when the reggino Nicola Calipari (Claudio Santamaria), High manager of SISMIwas killed at Baghdad from American soldiers to save the life of the journalist of “The Manifesto” Giuliana Sgrena (Sonia Bergamasco), kidnapped in Iraq from a terrorist cell and freed thanks to a long negotiation conducted by Calipari himself.
In the film, written by Sandro Pretaglia And Lorenzo Bagnarithe strategic line of the colleagues of the secret services opposite to that of Calipari, embodied by the invention character of Giulio Carbonaroto which it gives face Jerry Mastroomenicoalready interpreter of the coroner Markidis in the Rai1 series “Kostas”.
“Carbonaro puts one inside the story higher voltage which is added to the main narrative line of the host liberation – the Modenese actor tells us – suffers the frustration of having been put aside and, not accepting that at his line interventionist that has been preferred diplomatics of Calipari, will put the sticks in the wheels. Nicola will therefore find himself divided between the I work to save the Sgrena And the internal situation but not too much under track created by Carbonaro, who tries to take over in a unfair way, charcoal name and in fact “.
The comparison with the secret agents Former colleagues of Calipari during the preparatory phase of the film: “They collaborated in an excellent way in the drafting of the screenplay And their presence during the readings of the script before filming was absolutely useful, because I and I and Claudio Santamaria we tried to visually steal theclothingThe way of speaking And pose Of these men on whom you normally do not know nothing because act in the shade, State servantswhich for our safety every evening are forced to take a different way to return home.
A dangerous work In some respects fascinating but very dangerous. And Calipari to serve the state and save a stranger has put our life back, giving example of extraordinary heroism“.
Also important the I work on set by Alessandro Tonda. “He is an attentive and patient director, cares a lot of details and leaves room for the actors, important to better take every scene to turn. In addition, Alessandro has a cinematographic eye extraordinary and made a story inspired by one true story Interesting and quite unpredictable, despite knowing how it ends up. “
But what he leaves, especially at future generationsthe story of dedication e sacrifice of Calipari twenty years after his death? “It makes us reflect on how they can exist instinctive people who are not much thinking, but they instinctively act for the achievement of peace and the recognition of rights.
In fact, when he worked in the Police Calipari had established a toll -free number assistance for violence suffered by the LGBTQ community and imposed on the subordinates to contact the non -EU citizens through the “she”. He had a Extraordinary concept of human respect“.
In the cast too Anna Ferzetti In the role of his wife, Cosenza Rosa Maria Villecco Calipariand young people Beatrice de Mei And Tommaso Ricucciinterpreters of the children Silvia and Filippo. “The Nibbio” is one Italo-Belga co-production made by Notorius Pictures with Rai Cinema And Tarantula and the collaboration of Netflix And Alkon Communication Srl.