''Io sono Tempesta'' (''I am Tempesta'') is a 2018 Italian

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film directed by

Daniele Luchetti Daniele Luchetti (; born 25 July 1960) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Luchetti was born in Rome. He debuted as assistant director for Nanni Moretti in ''Bianca'' (1983) and ''The Mass Is Ended'' (1985). Lu ...

, starring

Marco Giallini Marco Giallini (born 4 April 1963) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Giallini is the son of a housewife and a furnace labourer. After attending the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, he began acting on stag ...

and

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 ...

Plot

Numa Tempesta is a fascinating, charismatic, and yet ruthless businessman, who will stop at nothing to close his deals, even if it means bending the law. That's until the law catches him and accuses him of

tax evasion Tax evasion is an illegal attempt to defeat the imposition of taxes by individuals, corporations, trusts, and others. Tax evasion often entails the deliberate misrepresentation of the taxpayer's affairs to the tax authorities to reduce the taxp ...

: in order to avoid prison, Numa is sentenced to a year of community service in a

homeless shelter Homeless shelters are a type of homeless service agency which provide temporary residence for homeless individuals and families. Shelters exist to provide residents with safety and protection from exposure to the weather while simultaneously r ...

. Once there, Numa cannot conduct any kind of business, but he must close the deal of the century or lose his whole fortune.

Cast

as Numa Tempesta *

as Bruno *

Eleonora Danco Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introd ...

as Angela *

Marcello Fonte Marcello Fonte is an Italian actor. He received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his role in the film '' Dogman''. Early life and education Fonte lived his childhood and adolescence in the suburbs of Reggio Calabria, where at ...

as Il Greco

Awards and nominations

Nastro d'Argento Awards (2018)

* Nomination for Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor in a Comedy to

References

External links

* {{Daniele Luchetti 2018 films 2018 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films 2010s Italian-language films Films directed by Daniele Luchetti Films set in the 2000s Films set in Rome