Padrenostro
Padrenostro is a 2020 Italian coming-of-age drama film co-written and directed by Claudio Noce. It was selected to be shown in the main competition section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival. At Venice, Pierfrancesco Favino won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.
The film is loosely based on the 1976 assassination attempt of deputy police commissioner Alfonso Noce, Noce's father, by far-left terrorist group Nuclei Armati Proletari, during the Years of [Lead (Italy)|Years of Lead].
Plot
Rome, 1976. 10-years-old Valerio witnesses together with his mother a failed assassination attempt on his father Alfonso by a terrorist commando. From that moment on, fear and a constant sense of vulnerability dramatically mark the feelings of the whole family. That summer, Valerio meets Christian, a boy slightly older than him. Lonely, rebellious, and bold, he seems to have come out of nowhere. Their meeting will change his life forever.Cast
- Pierfrancesco Favino as Alfonso Le Rose, Valerio's father
- Barbara Ronchi as Gina Le Rose, Valerio's mother
- Mattia Garaci as Valerio Le Rose
- * as adult Valerio
- Francesco Gheghi as Christian
- * as adult Christian
- as Maria Le Rose, Valerio's grandmother
- Mario Pupella as Giuseppe Le Rose, Valerio's grandfather
- Lea Favino as Alice Le Rose, Valerio's little sister
- Eleonora De Luca as Ketty
- Antonio Gerardi as Francesco, a co-worker of Alfonso
- as Rorò Le Rose, Valerio's uncle
Production