THE NAMELESS SOLDIER (TRAILER) DIRECTED BY CLAUDIO RIPALTI (ITALY)

“The Nameless Soldier”
August 2024
Awarded:
Best Director
Best Drama Feature
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Director - Claudio Ripalti
Writer - Valeria Luzi
Writer - Stefano Muroni
Writer - Claudio Ripalti
Producer - Valeria Luzi
Key Cast - Stefano Muroni
Overview:
Ferrara 1916. Escaping from the rear of the front, Private Ferruccio Mambrin pretends to be mentally ill in order to save himself from the war. Inside the Ferrara asylum hospital, the boy undergoes violent psycho-physical therapies because he is considered a simulator by the conservative Dr. Brighenti. Thanks to the innovative vision of Dr. Gaetano Boschi, Ferruccio is transferred, along with other soldiers, to Villa del Seminario, a place where he is cured through pioneering labor therapies and the telling of his own story. Discovered by the Carabinieri, he is reported for desertion and sentenced to death. During the last night Ferruccio attempts a final escape, but the days spent at Villa del Seminario have made him a new man who has stopped running.
Director Biography - Claudio Ripalti
Claudio Ripalti (1988) is an award-winning filmmaker with over ten years of experience and a strong passion for storytelling and cinematography. He has successfully directed numerous video productions both as a director and a cinematographer. In 2018, he established a new approach to independent filmmaking with his debut feature film "La Banda Grossi," funded by MIC Giovani Autori. The film quickly garnered various awards in international competitions and became a cult classic of independent cinema. It is also the first Italian western to surpass 30,000 tickets sold in cinemas since the golden era of westerns in the 1960s.