''The Rubber Wall'' ( it, Il muro di gomma) is a 1991
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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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
Marco Risi
Marco Risi (born 4 June 1951) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cinematographer.
Born in Milan, he is son of director Dino Risi. After graduating from Liceo Scientifico, Risi joined the faculty of philosophy, but aband ...
. The film, which deals with the crash of
Itavia Flight 870
On 27 June 1980, Itavia Flight 870 (IH 870, AJ 421), a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 passenger jet en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea between the islands of Ponza and Ustica, killing all 81 people on board. Known ...
, entered the competition at the
48th Venice International Film Festival
The 48th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 3 to 14 September 1991.
Jury
The following people comprised the 1991 jury:
*Gian Luigi Rondi head of jury
* Silvia D'Amico Bendico
*James Belushi
*John Boorman
*Michel Ciment
*Moritz ...
.
[Edoardo Pittalis, Roberto Pugliese, ''Bella di Notte'', August 1996.]
Plot
Italy, on the evening of June 27, 1980, a civil aircraft of the
Itavia
Itavia was an Italian airline founded in 1958. During the 1960s it became one of the main private airlines of Italy, until its collapse in the early 1980s, following the destruction of Flight 870, also known as the Ustica disaster. Itavia was hea ...
, flying from
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...
to
Palermo
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, disappears in flight. Its remains are near
Ustica
Ustica (; scn, Ùstica) is a small Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is about across and is situated north of Capo Gallo, Sicily. Roughly 1,300 people live in the ''comune'' (municipality) of the same name. There is a regular fer ...
: eighty victims. The causes are mysterious.
Cast
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Corso Salani
Corso Salani (9 September 1961, in Florence – 16 June 2010, in Ostia) was an Italian director, screenwriter and actor.
The cause of his death was a sudden illness while walking along the seafront in Ostia with his wife Margaret. An Illness ...
: Rocco Ferrante
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Angela Finocchiaro
Angela Finocchiaro (born 20 November 1955, in Milan) is an Italian actress.
She won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 for her performance in ''The Beast in the Heart'' and in 2007 for her role of Amelia Benassi in '' ...
: Giannina
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Ivano Marescotti
Ivano Marescotti (4 February 1946 – 26 March 2023) was an Italian actor and theatre director.
Life and career
Born in Villanova di Bagnacavallo, province of Ravenna, Marescotti worked as a clerk in the urban sector of the Councillorship of ...
: Giulio
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Antonello Fassari
Antonello Fassari (born 4 October 1952) is an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career
Antonello Fassari was born in Rome, where he practiced gymnastics at a competitive level until age 18.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei v ...
: Franco
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Carla Benedetti: Sandra
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Pietro Ghislandi
Pietro Ghislandi (born 19 April 1957 in Bergamo) is an Italian actor.
History
He was introduced to the public as a ventriloquist and was a finalist in the 1986/87 edition of the RaiUno program Fantastico 7 with his dummy Sergio. In 1985 he ...
: Corrà
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David Zard: Agente Segreto
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Mario Patané: Paolo
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Eliana Miglio: Anna
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Gianfranco Barra
Gianfranco Barra (born 5 April 1940) is an Italian film, television and stage actor. He has appeared in more than 80 films. Born in Rome, Barra studied at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in his hometown. First active on stage, he m ...
: Minister of Defence
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Ivo Garrani
Ivo Garrani (6 February 1924 – 25 March 2015) was an Italian actor and voice actor. In films since 1952, Garrani is possibly best known for his role as Prince Vajda in Mario Bava's '' Black Sunday'' (1960).
Biography
Born in Introdacqua, G ...
: Admiral Chief of the Defence Staff
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Sergio Fiorentini
Sergio Fiorentini (29 July 1934 – 11 December 2014) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Fiorentini was best known for his portrayal of characters in Italian crime dramas and films as well as dubbing Gene Hackman in a majority of his films a ...
: General Chief of Staff of the Air Force
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Luigi Montini
Luigi Montini (born 24 February 1934) is an Italian actor in over a hundred films and TV shows since 1962.
Selected filmography
External links
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1934 births
Living people
Italian male film actors
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: General Air Force Spokesman
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Tony Sperandeo
Tony Sperandeo (born 8 May 1953) is an Italian actor of cinema and television. Sperandeo is notable for frequently playing the roles of tough characters from his native region, Sicily. As of 2011, he was working on ''La Nuova Squadra'', a police ...
: Air Force NCO
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David Brandon : American Diplomat
See also
*
List of Italian films of 1991
A list of films produced in Italy in 1991 (see 1991 in film):
See also
*1991 in Italian television
External linksItalian films of 1991at the Internet Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1991
1991
Lists of 1991 films by count ...
References
External links
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1991 films
Italian drama films
1991 drama films
Films directed by Marco Risi
Italian films based on actual events
1990s Italian-language films
1990s Italian films
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