''The Inner Cage'' (, from 'still air') is a 2021 Italian-Swiss

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co-written and directed by

Leonardo Di Costanzo Leonardo Di Costanzo (born in 1958) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Ischia, after graduating at the University of Naples Federico II Di Costanzo moved to Paris, where he followed Ateliers Varan courses and worke ...

. The film premiered out of competition at the

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. The film won two

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Awards, for best original screenplay and for best actor (

Silvio Orlando Silvio Orlando (born 30 June 1957) is an Italian actor. Orlando was born and raised in Naples, where he started acting in theatre in 1976. He made his film debut in 1988 with a supporting role in the comedy '' Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan'', ...

Plot

An old prison built in the 19th century, located in a remote and unspecified part of the Italian territory, is being decommissioned. As a result of bureaucratic holdups the transfers have been blocked and a dozen inmates are left, along with a few guards, waiting to be sent to new destinations.

Cast

Toni Servillo Marco Antonio "Toni" Servillo (; born 25 January 1959) is an Italian actor and theatrical director. He has won the European Film Award for Best Actor twice, in 2008 for both '' Gomorrah'' and ''Il Divo'' and in 2013 for '' The Great Beauty'', ...

: Gaetano Gargiulo *

: Carmine Lagioia * Fabrizio Ferracane: Franco Coletti *

Salvatore Striano ''Caesar Must Die'' () is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. The film is set in Rebibbia Prison (suburb of Rome), and ...

: Cacace * Roberto De Francesco: Buonocore

Reception

''The Inner Cage'' has an approval rating of 89% on

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, based on 9 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10.

Distribution

After being presented out of competition at the Venice exhibition, the film was distributed in Italian cinemas starting from 14 October 2021.

References

External links

* 2021 drama films 2021 films 2020s Italian films 2020s Italian-language films 2020s prison drama films Films directed by Leonardo Di Costanzo Italian drama films Italian prison films Swiss drama films {{2020s-Italy-film-stub