The Ark of Disperata

Overview

At Disperata, a small town in Southern Italy, the melancholy mayor Filippo Pisanelli feels terribly unfit for his role. Only a love of poetry and his passion for the literature lessons he gives to prison inmates admit a chink of light into his general state of depression. In jail he meets Pati, a small-time criminal from his own town. Pati and his brother Angiolino were dreaming of becoming the mafia bosses of Capo di Leuca, but the encounter with art changes everything and an unusual friendship between the three men will lead them to make courageous choices.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 2, 2017

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

italian

Countries

Italy

Production

RAI Cinema,RAI,Apulia Film Commission,Tea Time Film,Saietta Film,RAI Cinema, Saietta Film, Apulia Film Commission, RAI, Tea Time Film

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

$78,266

IMDb

tt7279296