A Balkan package goes missing in Bari and nobody's okay. Least of all you.
Bari, the last chills of a very cold winter. A gang of petty criminals rummages through the day and night of the suburbs, searching for a precious package sent from the Balkans and destined never to reach its final destination. What does the package contain? Important material for our characters; for the viewer, a passe-partout that opens the door to a jagged and surprising urban undergrowth.
Acting
Non-professionals from Bari streets, raw and real.
Direction
Piva's debut pulses with authentic Apulian desperation.
Cinematography
Winter Bari never looked this beautifully hopeless.
Director
Alessandro Piva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Most cast were actual Bari residents Piva found in local bars; Dino Abbrescia was a mechanic before this film.
The title references a traditional Puglian dance — ironic given how gracelessly these men stumble through life.
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