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When a kidnapping victim turns up alive after fifteen years, a profiler and a private investigator try to piece together the mystery.
Credits: TheMovieDb.
Film Cast:
- Bruno Genko: Toni Servillo
- Dottor Green: Dustin Hoffman
- Samantha Andretti: Valentina Bellè
- Simon Berish: Vinicio Marchioni
- Paul Macinsky: Riccardo Cicogna
- Linda: Caterina Shulha
- Bauer: Orlando Cinque
- Delacroix: Filippo Dini
- Peter Lai / Rizzo: Sergio Grossini
- Sig.ra Wilson: Carla Cassola
- Mordecai Lumann: Luis Gnecco
- Ragazzo con cicatrice: Stefano Rossi Giordani
- Paul Macinsky: Riccardo Von Hoenning O’Carrol Cicogna
- Bunny: Sergio Leone
- Signora Lai: Marta Richeldi
- Prete: Diego Facciotti
Film Crew:
- Executive Producer: Dustin Hoffman
- Executive Producer: Toni Servillo
- Production Design: Tonino Zera
- Casting: Valeria Miranda
- Director of Photography: Federico Masiero
- Music Supervisor: Giovanni Arcadu
- Key Makeup Artist: Alessandra Giacci
- 3D Artist: Dino Mascitelli
- Graphic Designer: Tommaso Borrelli
- Costumer: Margherita Zanobetti
- Second Assistant Director: Alessandra Fortuna
- Sound Effects Editor: Federico Amodio
- Sound Effects Editor: Fabrizio Quadroli
- Grip: Fabrizio Diamanti
- Sound Effects Editor: Paolo Amici
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Marco Coppolecchia
- Costume Design: Patrizia Chericoni
- Sound Effects Editor: David Quadroli
- Grip: Roberto Angelelli
- Production Manager: Simone Tacchia
- Leadman: Sebastiano Murer
- Gaffer: Daniele Verdenelli
- Script Supervisor: Laura Biagiotti
- Special Effects Makeup Artist: Sara Terracciano
- First Assistant Director: Luigi Spoletini
- Casting Coordinator: Giusy Marrone
- Digital Compositor: Gianni Melito
- Assistant Hairstylist: Flaminia Gentili
- Casting Assistant: Giulia Appolloni
- Second Assistant Camera: Carlo Lazzari
- Steadicam Operator: Luca Dell’Oro
- Dialogue Editor: Francesco Vallocchia
- Colorist: Andrea Orsini
- Online Editor: Paolo Biondo
- Production Secretary: Flavia Scardini
- Conceptual Design: Alfredo Ritondale
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Ihor Kaniuk
- Set Decoration: Chiara Balducci
- Still Photographer: Loris Zambelli
- Electrician: Alessandro Raimondo
- First Assistant Camera: Lorenzo Tovoli
- Key Grip: Stefano Di Pasquali
- Digital Compositor: Giulia Infurna
- Editor: Massimo Quaglia
- Writer: Donato Carrisi
- Producer: Alessandro Usai
- Producer: Maurizio Totti
- Makeup Artist: Simona Castaldi
- Music: Vito Lo Re
Movie Reviews:
- CinemaSerf: It probably didn’t help my enjoyment of this thriller that every time I saw Dustin Hoffman I kept thinking he was Jack Klugman! The intriguing story follows the tale of the recently liberated “Samantha” (Valentina Bellè) who has emerged after some fifteen years of captivity in what she describes as a fairly malevolent labyrinth. It demanded that she complete tasks set by her rather more menacing version of a Rubik’s Cube if she is to eat, or sleep – and all of this is now being discussed with “Dr. Green” (Hoffman). Meantime, much to the chagrin of the police, private investigator “Genko” (Toni Servillo) is also trying to find out just what happened, and he believes she is not the only victim of this horror. As the story develops, we begin to suspect that somethings aren’t right – is she making the whole thing up? It seems so fantastic; we can’t really tell fact from fiction either. Sadly, though, Donato Carrisi doesn’t fare so well at directing this Benicio del Toro style of dark mystery. At just over two hours long, the film meanders all too often. The plot isn’t delivered in anything like a concentrated enough fashion to sustain the interest, and thought it does build well at times, the denouement is rushed and weakly delivered leaving too many new characters til last minute to complete the jigsaw. The acting is all pretty lacklustre and though I thought Servillo did try hard to create a puzzling sense of menace, the rest of this all just fell rather flat.

