''Perez.'' is a 2014 Italian

neo-noir Neo-noir is a revival of film noir, a genre that had originally flourished during the post-World War II era in the United Statesroughly from 1940 to 1960. The French term, ''film noir'', translates literally to English as "black film", indicating ...

film written and directed by

Edoardo De Angelis Edoardo De Angelis (born 31 August 1978) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography In 2006 he graduated in directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. In 2011, he made his debut feature film ''Mozzarella Stories''. Ser ...

. It was screened in the Horizons section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.

Plot

Demetrio Perez is a famous criminal lawyer from

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

who years ago was considered one of the best in his field, but after having made too many enemies is now reduced to working as a public defender. His life begins to fall apart when his daughter Tea falls madly in love with Francesco Corvino, the son of a boss of the Camorra. Luca Buglione, the boss of a rival clan, decides to become a

pentito ''Pentito'' (; lit. "repentant"; plural: ''pentiti'') is used colloquially to designate collaborators of justice in Italian criminal procedure terminology who were formerly part of criminal organizations and decided to collaborate with a public ...

. He makes a deal with Perez: if the lawyer manages to retrieve a batch of smuggled diamonds for him, he will then testify against Francesco.

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Luca Zingaretti Luca Zingaretti (; born 11 November 1961) is an Italian actor and film director, known for playing Salvo Montalbano in the '' Inspector Montalbano'' mystery series based on the character and novels created by Andrea Camilleri. Zingaretti is a na ...

as Demetrio Perez *

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 Francesco Corvino * Simona Tabasco as Tea Perez *

Massimiliano Gallo Massimiliano Gallo (born 19 June 1968) is an Italian actor and singer. Biography Son of singer Nunzio Gallo, he made his debut in theater at the age of five and was already the star of several TV series for children shot for RAI. In 1988 he foun ...

as Luca Buglione * Giampaolo Fabrizio as Ignazio Merolla * Toni Laudadio as PM Rossetti *

Antonio Pennarella Antonio Pennarella (27 May 1960 – 24 August 2018) was an Italian actor. Biography Pennarella began his acting career on TV in the 1980s and became in the following 30 years one of the most known faces on the TV screen, getting roles for TV se ...

as Assistente PM * Cristina Donadio as Madre di Corvino * Ivan Castiglione as Walter *

Lino Musella Lino Musella (born 21 October 1980) an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Born in Naples, Musella studied at the Naples Academy of Dramatic Art and the Paolo Grassi Civic School in Milan. Mainly active on theater, in 2009 ...

as Latella *

Salvatore Cantalupo Salvatore Cantalupo (8 July 1959 – 13 August 2018) was an Italian actor. Very active especially in the theater, Cantalupo became known to the general public and the media thanks to the 2008 film '' Gomorrah'' directed by Matteo Garrone and ba ...

as Uomo auto * Gennaro Di Colandrea as Uomo in tribunale * Giovanni Vastarella as Rapinatore * Saman Anthony as Indiano

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* 2014 films 2014 crime drama films Italian crime drama films Films set in Naples Italian neo-noir films 2010s Italian films Films directed by Edoardo De Angelis 2010s Italian-language films {{2010s-crime-film-stub

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