ITALY
THE VANITY SERUM
2003 – 35mm – c - 92’
Direction: Alex Infascelli
Screenplay: Antonio Manzini, Niccolò Ammaniti
Cinematography: Stefano Ricciotti
Editing: Esmeralda Calabria
Set design: Cosimo Gomez
Costumes: Elisabetta Montaldo
Music: Morgan
Cast: Margherita Buy, Francesca Neri, Valerio Mastandrea, Barbora Bobulova, Maddalena Maggi, Marco Giallini
Producer: Marco Poccioni, Marco Valsania
Production: Rai Cinema, Rodeo Drive
SYNOPSIS
The disappearance of some people of the show business is at the core of the interest of media. The TV guru Sonia Norton talks about an “unprecedented attack at the heart of a nation”. The investigations are entrusted to Lucia Allasco, a former police inspector, still recovering from an accident occurred two years before. She is supported by a colleague, Franco Berardi, and the two soon discover that there is a link between Sonia Norton and the disappeared people.
CRITICAL NOTE
“(…) The interpretations are quite useful to the film, starting from Margherita Buy in the unusual role of a depressed police woman and made wild after an accident that has made her lame and incline to drinking. (..)” (Paolo D'Agostini)
