Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells
Description
Ermanno and Giacomo, founders of a furniture-manufacturing cooperative in the fictional blue-collar town of Sant’Ugo, discover oil on their factory’s property. Tempted by visions of untold wealth, they are crestfallen to discover just how expensive it will be to extract the black gold. As often happens with the appearance of sudden fortune, divisions erupt—Giacomo wants to invest the money while Ermanno worries about their socialist credibility and the environmental impact drilling may bring. Predominantly a touchingly comic story of two good friends at an impasse, the film is also a clever satire of small-town life and politics. Noted Italian actors Luca Zingaretti and Pasquale Petrolo shine as the two co-op leaders while John Turturro brings an effortless comedic polish to his role as a consulting mining engineer from the US who arrives at the potential oil site with dollar signs in his eyes.
Marco Pontecorvo, born in Rome, is a noted cinematographer and filmmaker, having served as director of photography on over 20 films, including Francesco Rosi’s The Truce (1997) and John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo (2013). He’s also served as director of photography for episodes of Game of Thrones and Rome. He directed his first feature film Pa-ra-da in 2008, which screened in the 2009 New Italian Cinema program.
Trailer
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Language Italian, English
Original Language Title Tempo instabile con probabili schiarite
Year 2015
Runtime 92
Country Italy
Director Marco Pontecorvo
Producer Ute Leonhardt, Marco Valerio Pugini
Writer Marco Pontecorvo, Roberto Tiraboschi
Editor Alessio Doglione
Cinematographer Vincenzo Carpineta
Music Francesco De Luca, Alessandro Forti
Cast Luca Zingaretti, Carolina Crescentini, John Turturro
Print Source Panorama Films