''The Invisible Player'' ( it, Il giocatore invisibile) is a 2016 Italian

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 ...

directed by Stefano Alpini. The film is a loose adaptation of the novel of the same name by

Giuseppe Pontiggia Giuseppe Pontiggia (; 25 September 1934 – 27 June 2003) was an Italian writer and literary critic. Biography He was born in Como, and moved to Milan with his family in 1948. In 1959 he graduated from the Università Cattolica in Milan with a ...

and is set in the city of

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

. It premiered at WorldFest-Houston Film Festival on 16 April 2016 and was released in Italy on 17 December 2017.

Cast

Luca Lionello Luca Lionello (born January 9, 1964) is an Italian actor. Biography Born in Rome to actor and voice dubbing artist Oreste Lionello, he has been actor since 1986. Since then, Lionello came to international attention in 2004, when he played the ro ...

as Prof. Stefano Nari *Sergio Albelli as Prof. Matteo Daverio *Guenda Goria as Anna Nari *

Francesco Turbanti Francesco Turbanti (born 20 January 1988) is an Italian actor and screenwriter. Career Born in Grosseto, after his studies he moved to Rome, graduating at the theatre school "Teatro Azione" in 2008. He began his acting career in the Roman stag ...

as Lorenzo *Ludovica Bizzaglia as Olivia *Lorenzo Alessandri as Prof. Gregorio Salutati *Luciana Cipriani as Luisa Daverio *

David Riondino David Riondino (born 10 June 1952) is an Italian actor, singer-songwriter, comedian, writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and composer. Life and career Born in Florence, the son of a teacher, Riondino started his career in the mid-1970s ...

as Prof. Liverani *

Paolo Benvenuti Paolo Benvenuti (born 30 January 1946) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Born in Pisa, before being interested in cinema Benvenuti was active as a painter and a graphic artist. In the late 1960s he start ...

as Prof. Martelli

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* 2016 films 2010s Italian-language films 2016 drama films Italian drama films Films set in Pisa 2010s Italian films {{2010s-Italy-film-stub