Mister Michele

Road Movie, Comedy, Family

Forty-year-old Michele lives in the shadow of the Calabrian crime boss he works for, handling lowly matters with little enthusiasm but staying faithful to the principles of the Organization. Until an apparently simple order arrives: accompany the son of his boss to Milan. A thousand kilometres there and as many back through a stagnant and decaying country. A painful, immobile world, the only escape from which is the illusory space of a fairy tale filled with odd encounters and roosters that become pets A flight of fantasy in search of a last breath of happiness – a miracle, almost…

Story and screenplay by director Marco Bonfanti and Fabrizio Bozzetti.

Developed for Cinema Undici (Milano).

  • Winner of the MIBAC call for production.