Film

The Plastic Cardboard Sonata

2015 · 1h 16m

He is a plain estate agent who lives his uneventful life in the anonymous suburb of an unspecified city. Indeed such a showing of "compulsive ordinariness" conceals his predicament of autistic isolation. Therefore, as he attempts to make up the illusion of an ideal world, he daily puts on a pantomime of the "perfect neighborhood", which is painstakingly staged by a group of paid walk on people. While such an artifice seems to help him fulfill his unexpressed love dream, a harsh overwhelming reality forces him to give up his illusions and eventually get in touch with the imperfect human dimension. The Plastic Cardboard Sonata is a story of urban loneliness, featuring lyric suggestions in the context of a paradoxical frame. By means of an accurate use of silence it sketches out the essence of daily life malaise.

Andrea Vasone

He

Fabiana Feliziani

1st Waitress

Snejana Shandarinova

Russian Girl

Nicole Petrelli

2nd Waitress

Daniele Tammurello

1st Thug

Matteo Montalto

2nd Thug

Martina Palmitesta

Kiss Girl

Antonio Mirabella

Barkeeper

Rimi Beqiri

4th Customer

Lorena Scintu

Female Customer

Monia Rosa

Woman's with Stroller's Sister

Germana Flamini

Woman with Stroller

Sandro Luciani

1st Customer

Massimo Ceccovecchi

Man with Dog

Gaia Ceccovecchi

Daughter of the Man With the Dog

• Enrico FalconeDirector · Writer
• Piero PerselloDirector · Writer
• Alberto BosaniWriter

Release date

August 29, 2015

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 16m

Budget

$16,800