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A professional hit man for the Sicilian mafia, Salvo is a lonely, cold and ruthless man. He breaks into a home in order to carry out an execution. That is when he meets Rita, a blind girl who helplessly witnesses the murder of her own brother. Salvo tries to close her disturbing eyes, which, though glued to him, cannot see him. But then something uncanny happens: Rita sees for the first time. Salvo then decides to let her live. Now, haunted by the worlds they belong to, they are linked forever. Grand prize and Prix Revelation at the Cannes Critics’ Week 2013.
Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza
They were born in Italy; Grassadonia in 1968 and Piazza in 1970. They worked as screenwriters and have developed projects for large Italian production companies, such as Fandago e Filmauro. While developing the project that would eventually lead to Salvo, they wrote and directed Rita (2009), a short film whose protagonist was a little blind girl, selected Rotterdam. This is the first feature film made by the duo, who took part in Berlin Festival’s Talent Campus.
