Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber river. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring screenwriters, who–promptly taken to the police–start to tell their version of the story.
Writing
Rashomon-style structure that actually earns its twists.
Production
Rome 1990 recreated with sweaty, neon-soaked precision.
Director
Paolo Virzì
Mauro Lamantia
Antonino Scordia
Giovanni Toscano
Luciano Ambrogi
Irene Vetere
Eugenia Malaspina
Roberto Herlitzka
Fulvio Zappellini
Marina Rocco
Giusy Fusacchia
Paolo Sassanelli
Police Captain
Annalisa Arena
Katia
Eugenio Nicola Marinelli
Gianfranco, the chaffeur
Emanuele Salce
Virgilio Barone
Andrea Roncato
Fosco, the director
Giulio Berruti
Max Andrei
Ferruccio Soleri
Maestro Pontani
Paolo Bonacelli
Ennio 'The Great'
Regina Orioli
Emma Marcellini
Ludovica Modugno
Lawyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1990 World Cup loss to Argentina remains a national trauma for Italians; Virzì weaponizes collective heartbreak as narrative engine.
The three screenwriters represent actual factions of 1990s Italian cinema: the Fellini-worshipper, the angry communist, the commercial realist.
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