Toxic Love
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| Directed by | Claudio Caligari |
| Written by | Claudio Caligari Guido Blumir |
| Cinematography | Dario Di Palma |
| Music by | Detto Mariano |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Toxic Love (Italian: Amore tossico) is a 1983 Italian drama film directed by Claudio Caligari. The film is a realistic and raw look at the heroin addiction that afflicted many young drifters in the eighties, and the cast is composed of amateur actors, of whom most of them were or had been drug addicts.[1][2][3]
The film premiered at the 40th Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the De Sica Award.[4] It was also screened at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, in which Michela Mioni was awarded best actress.[4]
Plot
Everyday life of a group of heroin addicts in suburban Rome.
Cast
- Cesare Ferretti as Cesare
- Michela Mioni as Michela
- Enzo Di Benedetto as Enzo
- Roberto Stani as Roberto aka Ciopper
- Loredana Ferrara as Loredana
- Fernando Arcangeli as Debora
- Mario Afeltra as Mariuccio
- Clara Memoria as Teresa
- Patrizia Vicinelli as Patrizia
See also
References
- ^ Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer,1999. ISBN 8820029197.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ s. r. (17 March 1984). "Si muore di droga a Ostia". La Stampa. No. 65.
- ^ a b Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8877424230.
External links
- Toxic Love at IMDb
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