South of France: Riki Kandinski and his elder brother Fredrico, come back to their family castle for their father's funeral. Fredrico knows nothing about his younger brother, but he notices that he is making big money and living in luxury all for a few days work a week. By pure chance, Fredrico gets his hands on a gay porn magazine and sees his brother in it.
Acting
Filiberti's fearless double duty as director and vulnerable lead
Cinematography
Sun-drenched French estate vs. sterile porn sets
Writing
Diary structure that blurs fantasy and confession
Director
Marco Filiberti
Urbano Barberini
Federico Soldani
Alessandra Acciai
Juli
Rosalinda Celentano
Luna
Francesca D'Aloja
Charlotte
Claudio Vanni
Claudio Alatri
Luigi Diberti
Rod Lariani / Porn Director
Caterina Guzzanti
Koka
Cosimo Cinieri
Silvio Valle
Giuliana Calandra
Franca Soldani
Franco Oppini
Gigi Ralli
Erika Blanc
Angela Valle
Gabriele Mainetti
Pietro
Massimiliano Delgado
Franz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marco Filiberti cast himself as Riki after failing to find an actor willing to perform the explicit scenes—then used his actual diary entries for voiceover.
Released when Italian cinema rarely depicted gay sexuality without tragedy; the matter-of-fact porn industry portrayal scandalized Catholic critics but won Turin Film Festival's queer cinema prize.
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