''Like Sheep Among Wolves'' () is a 2023 Italian crime-thriller film directed by Lyda Patitucci, at her feature film debut.

Plot

Stefania is an undercover police officer who infiltrated an Italian-Serbian gang of criminals. She discovers the involvement of her brother Bruno, who recently got out of prison and whom she had not seen for years.

Cast

Isabella Ragonese Isabella Ragonese (born 19 May 1981) is an Italian actress. She studied acting at the Teatès School in Palermo, under director Michele Perriera. During her studies, she wrote, directed and starred in several adaptations of his plays. In 1998 s ...

as Stefania/Vera *

Andrea Arcangeli Andrea Arcangeli (born 3 August 1993) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor. Life and career Born in Pescara, Arcangeli studied at the S.M.O. drama school, and made his professional debut on stage in 2009. In 2012, he moved to Rome to ...

as Bruno *

Clara Ponsot Clara Ponsot (born 25 January 1989) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than twenty films since 2006. Theater Filmography References External links * 1989 births Living people French film actresses 21st-century French ...

as Janine * Tommaso Ragno as Sante * Carolina Michelangeli as Marta * Gennaro Di Colandrea as Gaetano * Aleksandar Gavranic as Goran * Alan Katić as Dragan *

Miloš Timotijević Miloš Timotijević ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Тимотијевић; born 9 March 1975) is a Serbian actor. He has appeared in more than sixty films and TV series since 1995. Miloš is best known for his roles in American War movie, war film ''In th ...

as Milorad * Gabriele Portoghese as Di Franco * Imma Villa as Ester

Production

The film was produced by

Matteo Rovere Matteo Rovere (born 22 January 1982) is an Italian filmmaker. He's the youngest Italian filmmaker to have won the Nastro d'argento for best producer, with ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want''. Life and career Born in Rome in 1982, Matteo Rovere sta ...

's company Groenlandia, with whom Patitucci often collaborated as second-unit director, notably in '' The First King: Birth of an Empire'' and '' Italian Race''. It was shot in

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, and had among its locations

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, and the

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river area. As to perform his role,

lost 15

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Release

The film premiered at the 52nd edition of the

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, in the Harbor sidebar. It was released in Italian cinemas on 13 July 2023.

Reception

For this film

was nominated for best actress at the 69th edition of the

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David (Donatello, bronze), David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cin ...

awards.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2023 films 2023 crime thriller films Italian crime thriller films 2023 directorial debut films Films produced by Matteo Rovere Groenlandia films