"Salvo manages to distill an authentically unsettling atmosphere that speaks volumes about the state of modern-day Sicily."
TFL Production Award 2009 (€ 140.000)
Critics' Week, Cannes International Film Festival 2013 / Nespresso Grand Prize
A henchman for the Sicilian Mafia, Salvo is solitary, cold and ruthless. When he sneaks into a house to eliminate someone from a rival Mafia clan, he discovers Rita, a young blind girl who powerlessly stands by while her brother is assassinated. When Salvo decides to spare her life, something extraordinary happens. From then on, these two beings - both haunted by the world they belong to - are linked together forever.
Salvo
Crime, Drama, Romance
Italy, France
110’
Cristaldi Pictures - Italy
Acaba Produzioni - Italy
Mact Productions - France
Cité Films - France
Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza
Films Distribution
Salvo is hit man for a mafioso. While hunting down a man, he encounters his blind sister. She causes Salvo to question himself and his existence.
FrameWork 2009
Script&Pitch 2007