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La Torta Sul Davanzale ( The Cooling Cake )

Franco, emerging director and one of four brothers is on the brink of depression, unable to bring his last project to an end, lives a seemingly empty life because he's now only able to see his failures and mediocrities. Little did he know that everything was about to change because of a young girl named Margherita, she loves to live her life to the full and without compromises and she is going to show Franco a whole new truth about himself and the perspective that he was looking for.

  • Tomaso Pirotta
    Director
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola: Il Film
  • Tomaso Pirotta
    Writer
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola Il Film
  • Tomaso Pirotta, Edoardo Stanzini
    Producer
    DMP Desmond Movies (muffin) Pack
  • Fabio Bagattini
    Producer
    LaScatola (associazione culturale)
  • Luca Cerea
    Key Cast
    "Franco Penna"
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola: Il Film
  • Giulia Baldassarri
    Key Cast
    "Margherita"
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola: Il Film
  • Fabio Bagattini
    Key Cast
    "Roberto Penna"
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola: Il Film
  • Francesco Brega
    Key Cast
    "Giacomo (Mino) Penna"
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola: Il Film
  • Tomaso Pirotta
    Key Cast
    "Fabrizio Penna"
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola: Il Film
  • Doris Sannino
    Key Cast
    "Maddalena"
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola: Il Film
  • Alessia Fiore
    Key Cast
    "Vittoria Zucchinali"
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola: Il Film
  • Christian Rota
    Key Cast
    "L' Artista"
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola: Il Film
  • Valeria Donghi
    Key Cast
    "Elisa San"
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola: Il Film
  • Pietro Rossi
    Key Cast
    "Chubango / il Pacì"
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola: Il Film
  • Piero Galli
    Key Cast
    "Claudio Penna"
    spettacoli al Piccolo di Milano attivo fino al 1990
  • Giacomo Crovato
    Key Cast
    "Enea Amaro"
  • Laura Dentella
    Key Cast
    "Maria (moglie Penna)"
  • Mattia Sonzogni
    OST
    Un Pugno di Mosche
  • The Honolulu band
    OST
    album The Honolulu (aviable on spotify)
  • Edoardo Stanzini
    Audio Editing
  • Milena Zucchinali
    Costumi
    Fiorello Karaoke e Scherzi a Parte fino a 1994
  • Mattia Pinetti
    Poster and illustration
    Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes
  • Mattia Finardi
    Poster and illustration
    Cort festival logo
  • Tomaso Pirotta
    d.o.p.
    (youtube) El Polo Man, Un Pugno di Mosche, Fool Crimes, La Scatola: Il Film
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La Torta Sul Davanzale
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Other
  • Genres:
    Drama, love comedy
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 25 minutes 34 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 11, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Tomaso Pirotta

Born 2 semptember 1996. Graduated in Video and new technology in Accademia di Belle Arti G. Carrara, Bergamo. all the commercial jobs and artistic stuff on the website (www.dmpmovies.it). Backstage creator for the movie "Mi Chiedo Quando ti Mancherò" by Francesco Fei, out in the cinema 2020. He created DMP with is collaboratos, from an amatorial way, to a real Office based in Trescore (BG), with his mates and the other boss of the activity Edoardo Stanzini (and the other DMP's).
Since april 2020 he's working as technical director in the docu-film by Squareworld Studio "Noi,Bergamo: Architettura di una Rinascita" based on the COVID-19 situation in Bergamo.

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Director Statement

We decided to create this movie in 2019, we presented it (in a private way) to all the people that played a role in the project, both actors and operators, in Trescore Balneario's Cinema (under the propriety of LaScatola). The same day (11 October 2019) we announced to the public the idea to create a short-movie festival, the Cort festival, in our city, a dream that maybe one day will come true.
We began the shooting the 19th may and we ended it the 26th of the same month.
The editing (audio and video) started the 14th September and ended the 11th of October, a few hours before the presentation.
All the story takes inspiration from real people of my family, in their strengths and weaknesses; Margherita is the principal source of inspiration of the story, she's like an ideal muse for the art of Franco.
This movie is dedicated in the great honor of my father, Roberto Pirotta; also a Special thanks go to our best supporter Gianluca Affatato.

The ENG-Subbed version is available on FilmFreeway