SYNOPSIS
Giulio and Alessio are two gay guys in their twenties who meet in Rome during a fiery month of August. Despite being very different, they are attracted to each other. Alessio is only staying in the capital for the weekend. This short term relationship will bring to light ancient wounds and important abandonments, forcing the two to face an unexpected tenderness and the blossoming of an overbearing and unprecedented feeling.
DIRECTOR
Mariano Lamberti (Pompei, 12 September 1967 ) is an Italian director, screenwriter, poet and writer. Graduated in Philosophy at the University of Naples, he then graduated in 1992 at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and in 1996 at the New York Film Academy. In 1997, in collaboration with Roberta Calandra, he made the documentary A Love Story in Four and a Half Chapters about the life of the Jewish writer Brett Shapiro, which won the Libero Bizzarri Awardi and was distributed by the Italian daily newspaper L’Unità. His first feature film, Not with a Bang(1998) premiered at the 56th Venice International Film Festival. The film was also nominated for an International Fantasy Film Award at the 2000 Porto International Film Festival. In 2012 his second feature film, Good As You – Tutti i colori dell’amore was released in theaters. A True Story (2o25), is his third feature films.
