| The Rubber Wall | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro | |
| Directed by | Marco Risi |
| Written by | Andrea Purgatori Sandro Petraglia Stefano Rulli |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori Maurizio Tedesco |
| Starring | Corso Salani |
| Cinematography | Mauro Marchetti |
| Edited by | Claudio Di Mauro |
| Music by | Francesco De Gregori |
| Distributed by | Penta Distribuzione |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Language | Italian |
The Invisible Wall (Italian: Il muro di gomma, lit. 'The Rubber Wall') is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Marco Risi. The film, which deals with the crash of Itavia Flight 870, entered the competition at the 48th Venice International Film Festival.
Plot
Italy, on the evening of June 27, 1980, a civil aircraft flown by the Italian domestic airline Itavia, travelling from Bologna to Palermo, disappears in flight. Its remains are near Ustica: eighty victims. The causes are mysterious.
Cast
- Corso Salani: Rocco Ferrante
- Angela Finocchiaro: Giannina
- Ivano Marescotti: Giulio
- Antonello Fassari: Franco
- Carla Benedetti: Sandra
- Pietro Ghislandi: Corrà
- David Zard: Agente Segreto
- Mario Patané: Paolo
- Eliana Miglio: Anna
- Gianfranco Barra: Minister of Defence
- Ivo Garrani: Admiral Chief of the Defence Staff
- Sergio Fiorentini: General Chief of Staff of the Air Force
- Luigi Montini: General Air Force Spokesman
- Tony Sperandeo: Air Force NCO
- David Brandon : American Diplomat
See also
References
- Moliterno, Gino (12 October 2009). The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-8108-7059-8.
- Vitti, Antonio (2009). The Films of Gianni Amelio. Metauro. pp. 63, 176. ISBN 978-88-6156-021-5.
- Edoardo Pittalis, Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996.
- Andrew Spicer (19 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010, p. 465. ISBN 9780810873780.
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