Mani nude, the second film directed by Mauro Mancini, freely adapts Paola Barbato’s novel for the screen. It tells the story of Davide, a middle-class boy who is kidnapped by a mysterious organization that forces him to take part in bare-knuckle combat. Davide is forced to strip himself of his humanity to survive and follow the instructions of Minuto, jailer and trainer of other men without hope nor future. The cast includes Alessandro Gassmann, Francesco Gheghi, Fotinì Peluso, Renato Carpentieri, Paolo Madonna, Giordana Marengo.
The film was shot entirely in Calabria with the support of Calabria Film Commission, in: Cosenza, Cetraro, Sangineto, Rovito, Marano Principato, Rose, Castiglione Cosentino, Sant'Andrea Jonio, Soverato, Acquappesa.
Mani nude, the second film directed by Mauro Mancini, freely adapts Paola Barbato’s novel for the screen. It tells the story of Davide, a middle-class boy who is kidnapped by a mysterious organization that forces him to take part in bare-knuckle combat. Davide is forced to strip himself of his humanity to survive and follow the instructions of Minuto, jailer and trainer of other men without hope nor future. The cast includes Alessandro Gassmann, Francesco Gheghi, Fotinì Peluso, Renato Carpentieri, Paolo Madonna, Giordana Marengo.
The film was shot entirely in Calabria with the support of Calabria Film Commission, in: Cosenza, Cetraro, Sangineto, Rovito, Marano Principato, Rose, Castiglione Cosentino, Sant'Andrea Jonio, Soverato, Acquappesa.
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Davide, a middle-class boy with a child’s eyes and adult body, is kidnapped one night and locked in the dark container of a truck. He ends up the prisoner of a mysterious organization that forces him to take part in clandestine bare-knuckled fights which can only end one way: the death of one of the two fighters. Davide is forced to strip himself of his humanity to survive in that alien and merciless universe, following the instructions of Minuto, jailer and trainer of other men without hope nor future. Gradually, however, a secret bond grows between the boy and the man, which turns out to be his only chance of salvation. If one can perhaps find a way to escape from that prison, the same does not happen with fate or the consequences of one's actions.
