Gasoline (film)
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''Gasoline'' () is a 2001
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crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...
directed by
Monica Stambrini Monica may refer to: People *Monica (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Monica (actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress *Mônica (footballer, born 1978) (Mônica Angélica de Paula) *Mônica (football ...
. It is based on a novel by Elena Stancanelli.


Plot

A young
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couple, Stella and Lenni, go on the run after the accidental death of Lenni's mother.


Cast

*
Maya Sansa Maya Sansa (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian actress. Early life and career Maya Sansa was born in Rome, the daughter of an Iranian father and an Italian mother. When she was 14, she started to study acting at her high school in Rome the ...
as Stella * Regina Orioli as Lenni * Mariella Valentini as Eleonora's mother *
Luigi Maria Burruano Luigi Maria Burruano (20 October 1948 – 10 September 2017 in Palermo) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. He began his career in Sicilian-language cabaret and theatre before turning his attention to films. Life and career Bor ...
as Padre Gabriele (priest) * Chiara Conti as Pippi *
Marco Quaglia Marco may refer to: People Given name * Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor Surname * Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin * Jindřich Marco (1921–2000), Czechoslovak photographer and numismati ...
as Sandro *
Pietro Ragusa Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death * Pietro II Can ...
as Filippo


Reception

''Gasoline'' was nominated for the Prize of the City of Torino at the 2001
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and the Outstanding Film award at the 2004
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. Kevin Thomas, writing for the ''
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'' praised the lead actors but said the film was "too derivative and sensational for its own sake to work."


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* 2001 films 2001 crime thriller films 2000s chase films Films based on Italian novels 2000s Italian-language films Italian LGBTQ-related films Lesbian-related films Italian crime thriller films 2001 LGBTQ-related films LGBTQ-related crime thriller films {{LGBT-film-stub