Rosso di Sera

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Synopsis

Las Vegas, the iconic city of the American Dream is now the ideal place to discover whether the American Dream still exists and how it influences the political and social life of Americans. Mike, Mindy, and Steve try to live their Dream during a crucial period in American history. Dr. Mike is fighting on the front lines during the health crisis; Mindy, a former B movie actress, is fighting to become the Republican Party’s political candidate in Nevada. Steve, a homeless dandy living in the drainage system under the city, faces the danger of impending rain every day. The American spirit of the need for freedom, courage and self-assertion are embodied by these three characters, who embark on a journey in which their personal goal is the only thing that matters and must be pursued by any means.
Screenplay

Emanuele Mengotti, Marco Toma Tomaselli, Emanuele Svezia

Directing

Emanuele Mengotti

Photography

Marco Toma Tomaselli

Editing

Emanuele Svezia

Sound
Gianfranco Tortora
Music
Matteo Portelli – White Wing Publisher
Productions
Le TALEE Smoke & Mirrors LLC
In collaboration with
Rai Cinema
Produced by

Agnese Fontana, Rosario Di Girolamo, Emanuele Mengotti

Creative producers

Rosario Di Girolamo, Marco Toma Tomaselli

Executive producers

Rosario Di Girolamo, Giovanni Saulini

Nationality
Italy/USA
Year of production

2022

Movie duration

74′

Format

HD 4K color

Original Language
English

Director's bio

Emanuele Mengotti was born in 1986 in Venice and graduated from Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna. After winning the Green Card, he moved to the United States and has lived in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and inostate Oregon. In 2017 after living in the United StatesUnited States for several years, he officially became an American citizen. Mengotti worked as a line producer on “Hallucinaut” produced by Terry Gilliam and produced “Poveglia – Beyond the Myth,” a documentary dedicated to an island adjacent to his hometown of Venice. In 2018 he worked as a researcher for the documentary “Friedkin uncut” in official selection at the Venice Film Festival and the Rome Film Festival. In 2019 he directed “West of Babylonia,” a creative documentary that is part of a trilogy dedicated to the American West. “West of Babylonia” had its world premiere at Biografilm Festival in 2020. “Rosso di Sera” is its second chapter, while the third and final one is in the works.