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The Mouth of the Wolf

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A criminal and his transsexual lover wait for each other while he serves his prison sentence.

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The Mouth of the Wolf

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Stephen Holden New York Times Aug 3, 2011
4/5
[An] melancholy rumination on time, love and decay... Go to Full Review Diego Semerene Slant Magazine Aug 3, 2011
3.5/4
Chris Marker territory, but here the ideas are firmly anchored in specific characters who become more fleshly as the storytelling patchwork unfolds. Go to Full Review David Fear Time Out Aug 3, 2011
3/5
Both a skid-row travelogue and a torrid romantic tale... Go to Full Review Steve Erickson Gay City News Oct 19, 2020
Far from being a major work, and it's not clear how well it might stand on its own...But once again, American film releases have slowed down enough to let us backtrack and fill in the gaps. Go to Full Review Dan Jardine Cinemania Jul 11, 2012
71/100
The film tells a very unusual yet remarkably sweet love story in a very minimalist and indirect way Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Aug 9, 2010 Interesting portrait of Genoa, but really didn't bring together the disparate parts, and the archival footage seemed to be thrown in fairly randomly. See more Mar 20, 2010 una storia d'amore non convenzionale tra un transessuale e un uomo che ha scontato 24 anni di galera, sullo sfondo una Genova multietnica,con filmati fi oggi e di ieri....una bella idea di film ma il racconto in prima persona e certe scene che non arricchisono il film rendono lento e noios il racconto!! Peccato! See more Feb 22, 2010 Il vincitore del Torino Film Festival è poco più di un cortometraggio ma davvero poetico, con un occhio particolare ai bassifondi di Genova. See more Read all reviews
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Pietro Marcello

Director

Mary Monaco

Mary

Vincenzo Motta

Enzo

Pietro Marcello

Screenwriter

Francesca Cima

Producer

Nicola Giuliano

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The Mouth of the Wolf

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Movie Info

Synopsis A criminal and his transsexual lover wait for each other while he serves his prison sentence.
Director
Pietro Marcello
Producer
Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano, Dario Zonta
Screenwriter
Pietro Marcello
Production Co
RAI Cinema, Indigo Films
Genre
Biography, Drama, Romance
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 5, 2021
Runtime
1h 16m
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