From the Waist Up

From the Waist Up
	Film poster
Italian	Dalla vita in poi
Directed by	Gianfrancesco Lazotti
Produced by	Pierpaolo Paoluzi
Written by	Gianfrancesco Lazotti
Starring	Cristiana Capotondi; Filippo Nigro; Nicoletta Romanoff
Cinematography	Alessandro Pesci
Release date	July 2010 (Taormina Film Festival)[1];
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

From the Waist Up (Italian: Dalla vita in poi) is a 2010 Italian film, written and directed by Gianfrancesco Lazotti.[2]

Plot

Rosalba (Nicoletta Romanoff) loves Danilo (Filippo Nigro), a young man who is serving a long prison sentence. To ease his detention, she decides to write him a sweet letter every day. However it is not easy to translate her feelings into words, so she turns to her best friend Katia (Cristiana Capotondi) for help, who now is on a wheelchair. Katia takes on the role of love promoter, just like Cyrano de Bergerac, but it soon becomes complicated, as little by little those emotions, those poetic lines conceived for Rosalba, become her own, and Danilo's passionate replies begin to belong to Katia. When Rosalba and Danilo break up, Katia sets out to meet him in prison, to see what the man she has fallen for actually looks like. Unfortunately, as she is not a relative, she can't obtain a permission to see him. However, her will is stronger than the rules.

Cast

Cristiana Capotondi - Katia
Filippo Nigro - Danilo
Nicoletta Romanoff - Rosalba
Pino Insegno - Superintendent Ciarnò
Carlo Buccirosso - Prison director
Gianni Cinelli - Assistant Vitale
Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini - Social worker
Arcangelo Iannace - Don Paolino
Norma Vadori - Miriam Pontozzi
Donatella Rimoldi - Katia's mother
Pio Milano - Moreno

Awards

Special Grand Prix of the jury (Montreal World Film Festival): Gianfrancesco Lazotti
Best Picture (Taormina Film Fest): Gianfrancesco Lazotti
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Taormina Film Fest): Filippo Nigro
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Taormina Film Fest): Cristiana Capotondi

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References

"Taormina unveils strong lineup". 7 June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
Jay Weissberg (June 22, 2010). "Review: 'From the Waist Up'". Variety. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

External links

From the Waist Up on IMDb

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[1] "Taormina unveils strong lineup". 7 June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[2] Jay Weissberg (June 22, 2010). "Review: 'From the Waist Up'". Variety. Retrieved 28 February 2014.