The Tale of King Crab

The Tale of King Crab

Re Granchio Directors Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis

1 hr. 40 min. · Italy, France, Argentina, 2021 · Drama, Adventure · Italian · Subtitles: English, Lithuanian · Pegi 13

About the film


Luciano lives as a wandering drunkard in a village of Tuscia. Spiteful actions ensue between him and the local prince over the right of passage through a gateway. Fueled by passions and jealousy, Luciano commits a crime, which gets him exiled to the distant Tierra del Fuego. There, with the help of ruthless gold-diggers, he searches for a mythical treasure, paving his way towards redemption.



Details

Running time
1 hr. 40 min.
Country, year
Italy, France, Argentina, 2021
Genre
Drama, Adventure
Language
Italian
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Age rating
Pegi 13

Credits

Director
Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis
Screenplay
Matteo Zoppis, Alessio Rigo de Righi
Producers
Tommaso Bertani, Ezequiel Borovinsky, Ezequiel Capaldo, Agustina Costa Varsi, Thomas Ordonneau
Cinematography
Simone D’Arcangelo
Music
Vittorio Giampietro
Cast
Gabriele Silli, Maria Alexandra Lungu, Severino Sperandio, Bruno Di Giovanni
More information
www.imdb.com

Festivals and awards

  • Cannes Film Festival – Director‘s Fortnight
  • Torino Film Festival
Alessio Rigo de Righi

Director

Alessio Rigo de Righi

Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis are two Italian-American directors. Their collaboration started with the short documentary Belva Nera in 2013 and the award-winning documentary Il Solengo in 2015. Their work focuses on folk tales and legends of the peasant tradition and on the incomplete and imperfect mechanism of oral tradition that ends up giving rise to new stories. Their films have been featured in numerous festivals like Rotterdam IFF
Matteo Zoppis

Director

Matteo Zoppis

Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis are two Italian-American directors. Their collaboration started with the short documentary Belva Nera in 2013 and the award-winning documentary Il Solengo in 2015. Their work focuses on folk tales and legends of the peasant tradition and on the incomplete and imperfect mechanism of oral tradition that ends up giving rise to new stories. Their films have been featured in numerous festivals like Rotterdam IFF