Lubo (film)

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Lubo
File:Lubo 2023 film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Giorgio Diritti
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  • Fabrizio Donvito
  • Benedetto Habib
  • Daniel Campos Pavoncelli
  • Marco Cohen
  • Giorgio Diritti
  • Francesca Scorzoni
  • Christof Neracher
  • Claudio Falconi
  • Alberto Fusco
  • Andrea Masera
Screenplay by <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Giorgio Diritti
  • Fredo Valla
Based on Il seminatore
by Mario Cavatore
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Music by Marco Biscarini
Cinematography Benjamin Maier[1]
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  • Paolo Cottignola[1]
  • Giorgio Diritti[1]
Distributed by 01 Distribution
Release dates
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  • 7 September 2023 (2023-09-07) (Venice)
  • 9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) (Italy)
Running time
 181 minutes[1]
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  • Italy
  • Switzerland
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Box office $121,706[2]

Lubo is a 2023 Italian-Swiss drama film directed by Giorgio Diritti.[3] The screenplay was written by Diritti and Fredo Valla, based on an idea by Giorgio Diritti, Fredo Valla and Tania Pedroni. It is based on Mario Cavatore's 2004 novel Il seminatore.[4]

The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it premiered on 7 September 2023. It was released in Italy on 9 November 2023.

Plot

In 1939, Lubo Moser, a nomadic street artist of Yenish descent, is called up for military service in the Swiss army to protect the border. He learns from his cousin that the police have taken his children as part of the Kinder der Landstrasse ("Children of the Road"), a national re-education programme influenced by the principles of eugenics.[4] Lubo searches for his children relentlessly and sets about taking revenge in his own way.[5]

Cast

Production

Lubo was produced by Indiana Production, Aranciafilm, Rai Cinema, Hugofilm Features and Proxima Milano, in co-production with RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera SRG/SSR, and with the support of the Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo MiC, Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Zürcher Filmstiftung, IDM Film Commission Alto Adige, Film Commission Torino Piemonte, and Trentino Film Commission.[6]

The film was shot over the course of nine weeks in Piedmont, South Tyrol, the Autonomous Province of Trento, and Switzerland.[4]

Release

Lubo was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival,[7] where it had its world premiere on 7 September 2023.[1] It was released in Italy on 9 November 2023 by 01 Distribution.[8]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 50% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10.[9]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Venice Film Festival 9 September 2023 Golden Lion Giorgio Diritti Nominated [10]

References

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External links

  • Lubo at IMDbLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).


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