''Salty Air'' () is a 2006 Italian drama film written and directed by Alessandro Angelini and starring Giorgio Pasotti,

Giorgio Colangeli Giorgio Colangeli (born 14 December 1949) is an Italian stage, television and film actor. Early life Born in Rome, Colangeli graduated in nuclear physics, then he started a stage career. Career After several minor roles, Colangeli's breakout ...

and

Michela Cescon Michela Cescon (; born 13 April 1971) is an Italian actress. Her film credits include '' Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy'', '' Salty Air'', '' Viva la libertà'', ''Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti'', '' First Love'' and ''Tulpa ...

. The film entered the competition at the 2006

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, in which

won the award for best actor. For his performance Colangeli also won the

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for Best Supporting Actor.

Plot

Fabio, who works as an educator in the prison of

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, finds by chance his father, Luigi Sparta, who was convicted of murder and is now pretending to be epileptic in order to obtain the

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. Fabio and Luigi have not been seen since the man abandoned his son, when he was only six years old.

Cast

* Giorgio Pasotti as Fabio *

as Luigi Sparti *

as Cristina *

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as Emma *

Sergio Solli Sergio Solli (19 November 1944 – 3 February 2023) was an Italian actor and stage director. Life and career Born in Naples, Solli was originally a hairdresser who acted in small amateur dramatics as a hobby, but his career had a turning point ...

as Lodi *

Paolo De Vita Paolo De Vita (born 29 June 1957) is an Italian film and television actor. Born in Bari, he debuted on television in 1984 with the TV series ''Aeroporto internazionale'' (International Airport), followed by the 1985 miniseries ''Un siciliano in ...

as Umberto Sparti * Paolo Pierobon as Brunetti

Reception

In her review for ''

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'', film critic Deborah Young called the film "the Italian debut of the year, at least as for critics" and referred to it as a film which "hits fever pitch early and never pauses for a moment of softness or to let the story breathe".

References

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*{{IMDb title, 0805488 Italian drama films 2006 drama films Films set in Italy 2006 directorial debut films 2006 films Italian prison films 2000s Italian-language films Italian-language drama films