Inside a warehouse in Palermo, a group of people smashes a man’s arm to pieces with a wheelie bag packed with weights. This is the method used by an amateur criminal organization that fractures the limbs of its willing victims before staging fake accidents and raking in the insurance payouts. Vincenzo recruits the individuals from among the down-and-outs that haunt the city streets, where Luisa is a habitué, since she gets her crack there. Vincenzo’s problems suddenly get worse, though, after a series of mistakes shut him out of the gang, and Luisa is now his only chance: he convinces her to have her bones broken.
Acting
Caramazza's fragile intensity — you believe every broken thing about her.
Direction
Pirrotta's unflinching eye finds ugly beauty in Palermo's margins.
Practical Effects
The bone-breaking scenes — all practical, all deeply uncomfortable.
Director
Vincenzo Pirrotta
Vincenzo Pirrotta
Vincenzo
Selene Caramazza
Luisa
Antonino Bruschetta
Francesco
Giovanni Calcagno
Michele
Luigi Lo Cascio
Machinetta
Filippo Luna
Mimmo
Aurora Quattrocchi
Giovanna
Maziar Firouzi
Fasulina
Gabriele Cicirello
Biagio
Paride Cicirello
Azzusa
Maurizio Bologna
Infermiere Paolo
Claudio Collovà
Nino
Simona Malato
Maria
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Pirrotta is also a trained osteopath, which explains the horrifying anatomical accuracy of the fracture scenes.
The film draws from real 'crash for cash' schemes in Southern Italy, where insurance fraud rings actually recruit from homeless populations and addicts.
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