''Scordato'' (a pun on the Italian word, meaning both "Forgotten" and, when referred to a musical instrument, "Out of tune") is a 2023 Italian comedy-drama film co-written and directed by

Rocco Papaleo Rocco Antonio Papaleo (born 16 August 1958) is an Italian actor, film director and singer. Biography Born in Lauria, Basilicata, he moved to Rome to study math at university, while working as a plongeur. He left university to attend the theat ...

. It stars Papaleo and Italian singer

Giorgia Giorgia is the Italian version of the female name Georgia. Notable people with the name include: Arts and entertainment *Giorgia (singer), Italian singer, born ''Giorgia Todrani'' * Giorgia Fumanti, Italian-Canadian soprano and singer of operatic p ...

, at her acting debut.

Plot

Cast

as Orlando Bevilacqua ** Simone Corbisiero as Young Orlando *

as Olga Santopadre * Anna Ferraioli Ravel as Ottavia * Angela Curri as Rosanna * Giovanni Andriuoli as Vicesindaco Castelluccio *

Antonio Petrocelli Antonio Petrocelli (born 18 September 1953) is an Italian actor. Partial filmography Film * '' The Pool Hustlers'' (1982) * '' The Eyes, the Mouth'' (1982) * '' Secrets Secrets'' (1985) * ''Il tenente dei carabinieri'' (1986) * ''The Strangene ...

as Professor Deodato * Giuseppe Ragone as Filippo Santarsiero * Marco Trotta as Agostino Di Fazio * Manola Rotunno as Giacomina * Jerry Potenza as Rocchino

Production

Principal photography started in September 2021. The film was mainly shot between director's hometown

Lauria Lauria is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, southern Italy, situated near the borders of Calabria. It is a walled, medieval town on the steep side of a hill, with another portion of municipal territory in the plai ...

and

Maratea Maratea (; ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' of Basilicata, in the province of Potenza. It is the only ''comune'' of the region on the Tyrrhenian coast, and is known as "the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian". Owing to the considerable number of its ch ...

. Locations of the film also include

Salerno Salerno (, ; ; ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Campania, southwestern Italy, and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after Naples. It is located ...

and the Dam of Monte Cotugno in

Senise Senise is a town in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, southern Italy. It is near Monte Cotugno Lake, one of the largest artificial basins in Europe. Twin towns * Busto Garolfo Busto Garolfo ( Lombard: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in t ...

. The film was produced by Indiana Production and Less Is More Produzioni, in collaboration with Vision Distribution. The film marked the acting debut of Italian pop singer

Release

The film premiered at the 2023

Bari International Film Festival Bari International Film Festival (Bif&st) is an annual film festival held since 2009 in Bari, Italy. Sections *International competition *National competition *Retrospectives of Italian and international cinema. References

Film festivals ...

. It was released in Italian cinemas by Vision Distribution on 13 April 2023.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2023 films Italian comedy-drama films 2023 romantic comedy-drama films Films shot in Basilicata Films set in Basilicata