''Alaska'' is a 2015
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
written and directed by
Claudio Cupellini
Claudio Cupellini (born 18 February 1973) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Biography
In 1999, Cupellini realized his first short-movie ''Le diable au vélo'' and then took part to two anthology films: ''Sei pezzi facili'' and ''4 ...
and starring
Elio Germano
Elio Germano (born 25 September 1980) is an Italian actor. He is the recipient of many accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and a Silver Bear for Best Actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome to a Molisan family from Duro ...
and
Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey
Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey (born 26 May 1986) is a French-Spanish actress and model. She is best known for playing Suzanne in '' The Sea Wall'', the mermaid Syrena in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' and Sofi in ''I Origins''. She ...
. It entered the competition at the
Rome Film Festival
International Rome Film Fest is a film festival that takes place in Rome during the month of October. The name in Italian is Festa del Cinema di Roma.
Sections
The Rome Film Festival official program is divided into several sections:
Cinema d'Og ...
.
Plot
Alaska is the name of a disco that the young Fausto opens, after a violent life, just released from prison. He is in love with Nadine, a French girl who had a successful period in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
as a model. However, now she is broke because Fausto used her savings to invest in Alaska behind her back. Fausto opened the disco with Sandro, a man he met through Nadine, and business is good, but Nadine sees her relationship with Fausto destroyed because he took her savings, so she betrays him by sleeping with her boss. Fausto is outraged when he finds out and claims he wants nothing to do with Nadine.
Later on, Fausto is dating Francesca, a woman who comes from a wealthy family. Through her father, Fausto has the opportunity to run an elegant hotel. Sandro felt betrayed by Fausto and he loses all his money from betting, and in despair, kills himself. Fausto then tries to mend his relationship with Nadine, though he plans to marry Francesca and run the hotel chain. Nadine goes away angry, and one day, during a quarrel with her new employer, she kills him, ending up in prison. Fausto apparently ditches Francesca entirely and goes to visit Nadine every week, waiting for the end of her sentence.
Cast
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Elio Germano
Elio Germano (born 25 September 1980) is an Italian actor. He is the recipient of many accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and a Silver Bear for Best Actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome to a Molisan family from Duro ...
as Fausto
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Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey
Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey (born 26 May 1986) is a French-Spanish actress and model. She is best known for playing Suzanne in '' The Sea Wall'', the mermaid Syrena in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' and Sofi in ''I Origins''. She ...
as Nadine
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Valerio Binasco
Valerio Binasco (born 20 June 1964) is an Italian actor, stage director, and playwright.
Life and career
Born in Paderna, Binasco graduated at the drama school of the Stabile di Genova, where he made his professional debut in 1987. He won two ...
as Sandro
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Elena Radonicich
Elena Radonicich (born February 5, 1985 in Moncalieri, Piedmont) is an Italian actress.
Early life and career
Born in Moncalieri to an Italian father of Slavic-German origins and an Italian mother, she graduated in 2009 at the Centro Sperimen ...
as Francesca
* Paolo Pierobon as Marco
* Antoine Oppenheim as Nicolas
*
Pino Colizzi
Giuseppe "Pino" Colizzi (born 12 November 1937) is an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Rome, Colizzi started his career on stage and in 1960 he got his first major role, playing the title role in a badly received television ad ...
as Alfredo Wiel
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Marco D'Amore
Marco D'Amore (; born 12 June 1981) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for his role as Ciro Di Marzio in the television series '' Gomorrah'' and the film '' The Immortal'' (2019).
Biography
In 2000, D'Amore was ca ...
as Toni
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Roschdy Zem
Roschdy Zem (born 27 September 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker of Moroccan descent. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film '' Days of Glory'' at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Career
Versatile and determined to not ...
as Benoit
* Anastasia Vinogradova as Eva
Accolades
See also
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List of Italian films of 2015
This is a list of Italian films first released in 2015 (see 2015 in film).
See also
*2015 in Italy
*2015 in Italian television
External linksItalian films of 2015at the Internet Movie Database
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References
External links
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2015 films
2015 romantic drama films
Italian romantic drama films
French romantic drama films
Films set in Paris
Films set in Milan
Films about infidelity
Films directed by Claudio Cupellini
2010s French films
2010s French-language films
2010s Italian-language films
2015 multilingual films
Italian multilingual films
French multilingual films
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