''Steel'' ( it, Acciaio) is a 2012 Italian

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

film directed by

Stefano Mordini Stefano Mordini (born 10 August 1968) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is married to actress Valentina Cervi with whom he has two children. Filmography * '' Smalltown, Italy'' (2005) * '' Steel'' (2012) * ''Pericle'' (2016) * ''T ...

. It is based on the 2010 novel ''Steel'' (''Acciaio'') by

Silvia Avallone Silvia Avallone (born 11 April 1984) is an Italian novelist and poet. Early life Born in 1984 in Biella, she spent her adolescence in Piombino. She was an only child of divorced parents; her father owned a small business and her mother was a sc ...

. The film is set in the industrial town of

Piombino Piombino is an Italian town and ''comune'' of about 35,000 inhabitants in the province of Livorno (Tuscany). It lies on the border between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea, in front of Elba Island and at the northern side of Maremma. O ...

Tuscany it, Toscano (man) it, Toscana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Citizenship , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Italian , demogra ...

and focuses on a

working class The working class (or labouring class) comprises those engaged in manual-labour occupations or industrial work, who are remunerated via waged or salaried contracts. Working-class occupations (see also " Designation of workers by collar colo ...

family involved in the Piombino steel plants' crisis. It premiered at the

69th Venice International Film Festival The 69th annual Venice International Film Festival, organized by Venice Biennale, took place at Venice Lido from 29 August to 8 September 2012. The festival opened with the Indian director Mira Nair's '' The Reluctant Fundamentalist'', and clos ...

on 3 September 2012.

Cast

Michele Riondino Michele Riondino (born 14 March 1979) is an Italian actor. Born in Taranto, Riondino enrolled at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2000. In 2006, he acted in ''The Black Arrow'', a TV series broadcast by Canale 5 ...

as Alessio *

Vittoria Puccini Vittoria Puccini (born 18 November 1981) is an Italian film and television actress. Since her success as the lead actress in 2003-2005 costume drama television series '' Elisa di Rivombrosa'', she has continued to work in television and movie ...

as Elena *Matilde Giannini as Anna *Anna Bellezza as Francesca *

Francesco Turbanti Francesco Turbanti (born 20 January 1988) is an Italian actor and screenwriter. Career Born in Grosseto, after his studies he moved to Rome, graduating at the theatre school "Teatro Azione" in 2008. He began his acting career in the Roman sta ...

as Mattia * Luca Guastini as Cristiano *Monica Brachini as Sandra *

Massimo Popolizio Massimo Popolizio (born 4 July 1961) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Massimo Popolizio studied at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome in 1984, Popolizio started his career as a stage actor and, after gra ...

as Arturo

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* 2012 films 2010s Italian-language films 2012 drama films Italian drama films Films directed by Stefano Mordini Films set in Tuscany Films shot in Tuscany 2010s Italian films {{2010s-Italy-film-stub