Now or Never (2003 film)
Now or Never (Italian: Ora o mai più) is a 2003 Italian coming of age comedy-drama film written and directed by Lucio Pellegrini.[1][2]
Now or Never | |
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Directed by | Lucio Pellegrini |
Written by | Angelo Carbone Roan Johnson Lucio Pellegrini |
Starring | Jacopo Bonvicini Violante Placido |
Music by | Giuliano Taviani |
Cinematography | Gherardo Gossi |
Edited by | Walter Fasano |
Distributed by | 01 Distribution |
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Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Plot
David is a model student in the last year of the physics faculty at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa; he practically lives in a parallel reality, made up of books and arguments on the highest systems, without any contact with everyday reality. Everything changes when, a few minutes before his last exam, he participates in a student collective to follow the unknown Viola, after the latter had given him a flyer: the exam skips, and with it most of David's certainties. The boy immediately falls in love with Viola, but he is also a good friend of Luca, Viola's boyfriend. The events lead David to participate in the occupation of a social center, and even in pseudo-subversive actions to the point of catapulting the entire group of dissidents in the midst of the violence that shook Genoa in 2001 on the occasion of the G8.
Cast
- Jacopo Bonvicini as David
- Violante Placido as Viola
- Edoardo Gabbriellini as Luca
- Elio Germano as Doveri
- Riccardo Scamarcio as Biri
- Toni Bertorelli as David's Father
- Camilla Filippi as Vanna
- Francesco Mandelli as Frankino
- Gabriele Biondi as Sorcio
- Francesco Bitti as Bianchini
- Massimo Bosi as Gom
- Paolo Sassanelli as Lt. Lusotti
- Thomas Trabacchi as Pietro
- Roan Johnson as Goliardo
See also
References
- Leslie Felperin (August 17, 2003). "Review: 'Now or Never'". Variety. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- Alessandra Retico (November 5, 2003). "La vita è "Ora o mai più" tra amore e passione politica". La Repubblica. Retrieved 14 May 2016.