Live Blood

1h 35m 2000

Brief Synopsis

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In the south of Italy, Zimba, a struggling vegetable vendor, tries to make ends meet by smuggling cigarettes in from nearby Albania. Playing in a tarantella (or pizzica-pizzica) band with his younger brother Donato, a former addict, Zimba struggles to help him when Donato threatens to fall back into

Cast & Crew

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Edoardo Winspeare

Director

Pino Zimba

Pino Zimba

Lamberto Probo

Donato

Claudio Giangreco

Giovanni

Alessandro Valenti

Luigi

Ivan Verardo

Biagio

Film Details

Also Known As
Sangue Vivo
Genre
Drama
Release Date
2000
Production Company
Creative Europe; Ministero Dei Beni e Delle Attivita Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT)
Distribution Company
Mikado Film
Location
Italy

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 35m

Synopsis

In the south of Italy, Zimba, a struggling vegetable vendor, tries to make ends meet by smuggling cigarettes in from nearby Albania. Playing in a tarantella (or pizzica-pizzica) band with his younger brother Donato, a former addict, Zimba struggles to help him when Donato threatens to fall back into drug abuse.

Director

Edoardo Winspeare

Director

Cast

Pino Zimba

Pino Zimba

Lamberto Probo

Donato

Claudio Giangreco

Giovanni

Alessandro Valenti

Luigi

Ivan Verardo

Biagio

Lucia Chiuri

Ada

Addolorata Turco

Madre Pino

Morena Mighali

Morena

Edoardo D'ambrosia

Edoardo

Anna Dimitri

Maria

Cinzia Marzo

Teresa

Antonio Carluccio

Uccio

Franco Gianni

Franco

Nico Cirasola

Nicola; Record Executive

Antonio Chirivi

Resta

Donatello Pisanello

Danilo

Danilo Andrioli

Alessandro

Giuseppe Turco

Angelino

Elsa Lila

Ragazza Albanese

Antonio Mastria

Pasquale

Carlo Minerva

Padre Francesca

Antonio Malagnino

Rocco

Raffaele Rizzo

Antonio

Annamaria Marra

Madre Giovanni

Chiara Torelli

Francesca

Keka Durim

Albanese

Tiziana Roveda

Angela

Erina Lia

Moglie Resta

Bruno Loiacono

Giudice

Gerardo Turco

Padre Zimba

Andrea Sbarro

Cliente Profumeria

Luigi Cazzato

Venditore Mercato

Assunta Rugge

Donna Mercato

Don Nicola Toma

Vecchio Mercato

Fabio Miglietta

Enzo

Mario Lini

Uomo Angela

Giuseppe Maghali

Luca Cirasola

Crew

Gianluca Arcopinto

Executive Producer

Sabrina Balestra

Production Designer

Luca Benedetti

Editor

Antonella Cannarozzi

Costume Designer

Paolo Carnera

Director Of Photography

Giorgia Cecere

Screenwriter

Bruno Pupparo

Sound

Tore Sansonetti

Executive Producer

Maurizio Tini

Producer

Edoardo Winspeare

Screenwriter

Gruppo Zoe

Music

Film Details

Also Known As
Sangue Vivo
Genre
Drama
Release Date
2000
Production Company
Creative Europe; Ministero Dei Beni e Delle Attivita Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT)
Distribution Company
Mikado Film
Location
Italy

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 35m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the New Directors Award at the 2000 San Sebastian International Film Festival.

Released in United States September 2000

Released in United States 2001

Released in United States January 2001

Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival September 21-30, 2000.

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.

Released in United States September 2000 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival September 21-30, 2000.)

Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.)

Released in United States January 2001 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 2001.)

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