A man who is too short, a young man who is too tall, and a young woman who had her lips done meet by accident. An encounter that seems destined to have no future but fatally becomes a tormented chronicle of unrequited love.
Peppino, the man who is too short, is a taxidermist. Valerio, the young man who is too tall, works as a waiter. Debora, the woman who had her lips done, changes jobs regularly… They have different dreams, hidden desires, secret impulses.
They are castaways scrambling to cling to the certainty of love but because they are incapable of understanding how to accept the needs of the others, they get tragically lost.
2003 – David di Donatello
Screenplay MATTEO GARRONE MASSIMO GAUDIOSO UGO CHITI
Best Supporting Actor ERNESTO MAHIEUX
2003 – Nastro d’argento
Producer DOMENICO PROCACCI
Editor MARCO SPOLETINI
2003 – Globo d’oro
Best Newcomer Actor ERNESTO MAHIEUX
Outstanding Debut Performance ELISABETTA ROCCHETTI


Peppino – Ernesto Mahieux
Diego – Valerio Foglia Manzillo
Deborah – Elisabetta Rocchetti
Deborah’s Mother – Lina Bernardi
Deborah’s Father – Pietro Biondi
Boss – Bernardino Terracciano
Manuela – Marcella Granito
Director – Matteo Garrone
Story and Screenplay – Matteo Garrone, Ugo Chiti, Massimo Gaudioso
Director of Photography – Marco Onorato
Original Music – Banda Osiris
Editor – Marco Spoletini
Production Design – Paolo Bonfini
Costumes – Francesca Leondeff
Sound – Maricetta Lombardo
Assistant Director – Salvatore Sansone
Production Manager – Luigi Lagrasta
Produced by Domenico Procacci
A Fandango Production with Rai Cinema
Distributed by Fandango Distribuzione