Ghost night

Directed by Director's notes
  • Fulvio Risuleo
Directed by
  • Fulvio Risuleo
Year
  • 2022
Length
  • 83 min.
Year
  • 2022
Length
  • 83 min.
Cast
  • Edoardo Pesce
  • Yothin Clavenzani
Synopsis

Saturday night. Tarek has planned an evening with friends: PlayStation and junk food. Before meeting them, he stops by the park to buy a few grams of weed. However, someone has been watching him from inside a car, saw everything, and approaches him: it’s a policeman.

The man is mysterious, threatening, and at the same time, in his own way, kind and somewhat complicit. Instead of taking him to the station, the policeman forces Tarek to stay with him all night, amidst fights, chases, and escapes. But by dawn, their roles might just reverse.

Director's notes
  • The film's story is driven by the two diametrically opposed protagonists who reveal themselves through dialogue. As the film's screenwriter, my job is to create clear and stylized dialogues; as the director, I have the obligation to tamper with them, transform them, and make them realistic. All thanks to the help of the two great actors who star in the film. "Notte fantasma" (Ghost Night) falls into the category of "all in one night" films. The limited hours allow for a focus on details, giving importance to those small things that would otherwise be overlooked in other stories. The night isolates the characters as if, in the darkness, time were still and space became an abstract place.

    The idea for this story came to me imagining a policeman's abuse of power, forcing someone caught in the act of a crime to do what he wants. I often reflect on power and the delicacy and complexity of those who have to manage it. I had in mind a policeman who, in a club, forces a young man to dance, and from there I started trying to imagine what came before and after.

    The visual and musical style chosen is my personal interpretation of neo-noir.

    The Roman setting is very important to me, and all the locations crossed in the film are carefully chosen: Pigneto, Mandrione, Verano, a tavern in San Lorenzo, Termini, Monti, and Tiber Island are places that carry stories with them and that for me represent the city where I was born and raised.
Directed by
  • Fulvio Risuleo
Story and screenplay
  • Fulvio Risuleo
Produced by
  • Annamaria Morelli
  • Antonio Celsi
  • Mario Gianani
  • Lorenzo Gangarossa
A production
  • Elsinore film
  • WILDSIDE a Fremantle Group company
  • Vision Distribution
In collaboration with
  • SKY
Editing
  • Ilenia Zincone
Scenography
  • Sabina Angeloni
Director of photography
  • Guido Mazzoni
Costumes
  • Stefano Ciammitti
Music
  • Francesco Rita
Live sound
  • Luca Cafarelli
Sound editing
  • Francesco Lucarelli - La Bocina
Casting
  • Giulia Fusaroli
General organizer
  • Antonio Tozzi
Distribution
  • Vision Distribution
Director's notes
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The film's story is driven by the two diametrically opposed protagonists who reveal themselves through dialogue. As the film's screenwriter, my job is to create clear and stylized dialogues; as the director, I have the obligation to tamper with them, transform them, and make them realistic. All thanks to the help of the two great actors who star in the film. "Notte fantasma" (Ghost Night) falls into the category of "all in one night" films. The limited hours allow for a focus on details, giving importance to those small things that would otherwise be overlooked in other stories. The night isolates the characters as if, in the darkness, time were still and space became an abstract place.

The idea for this story came to me imagining a policeman's abuse of power, forcing someone caught in the act of a crime to do what he wants. I often reflect on power and the delicacy and complexity of those who have to manage it. I had in mind a policeman who, in a club, forces a young man to dance, and from there I started trying to imagine what came before and after.

The visual and musical style chosen is my personal interpretation of neo-noir.

The Roman setting is very important to me, and all the locations crossed in the film are carefully chosen: Pigneto, Mandrione, Verano, a tavern in San Lorenzo, Termini, Monti, and Tiber Island are places that carry stories with them and that for me represent the city where I was born and raised.