The Mouth of the Wolf (2009 film)

(Redirected from La bocca del lupo) 2009 Italian film

The Mouth of the Wolf
Directed by	Pietro Marcello
Written by	Pietro Marcello
Produced by	Francesca Cima Nicola Giuliano Dario Zonta
Starring	Mary Monaco Vincenzo Motta
Cinematography	Pietro Marcello
Edited by	Sara Fgaier
Music by	Marco Messina and Massimiliano Sacchi for Era
Distributed by	BIM Distribuzione
Release dates	November 16, 2009 (2009-11-16) (Turin Festival) February 19, 2010 (2010-02-19) (Italy)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Mouth of the Wolf (original title: La bocca del lupo) is a 2009 biographical drama/documentary film written and directed by Pietro Marcello. It premièred at the 2009 Torino Film Festival in Turin, and won the FIPRESCI Prize for 'Best Film' and the Prize of the City of Torino. In 2010 it appeared at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Caligari Film Award and the Teddy Award for 'Best Documentary'.

Synopsis

According to a reporter for Metro, the film "straddles the line between documentary and drama". It follows an Italian man named Vincenzo Motta (also known as Enzo) who is serving a long sentence in a Genoa prison. He meets and falls in love with a transsexual woman named Mary Monaco who promises to wait for Enzo when she gets out of prison. When she is released, Mary finds a home for them to share, but in the meantime, she becomes addicted to heroin.

References

^ "Italian film scoops home award", Metro, Associated Newspapers, 23 November 2009, retrieved 17 June 2010
"Lesbian Film Takes Home Berlinale Gay Prize", On Top, On Top Media, 20 February 2010, retrieved 17 June 2010
Deming, Mark, "La bocca del lupo > Overview", Allmovie, Rovi Corporation, retrieved 17 June 2010

External links

Official website (in Italian)
The Mouth of the Wolf at IMDb

v t e Pietro Marcello
Films directed	The Mouth of the Wolf (2009) Lost and Beautiful (2015) Martin Eden (2019) Scarlet (2022) Duse (TBA)

v t e Teddy Award winners for Best LGBT Documentary Film
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1990s	Tongues Untied (1990) Paris Is Burning (1991) Voices from the Front (1992) Silverlake Life (1993) Coming Out Under Fire (1994) Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (1995) The Celluloid Closet (1996) Murder and Murder (1997) The Brandon Teena Story (1998) The Man Who Drove with Mandela (1999)
2000s	Paragraph 175 (2000) Trembling Before G-d (2001) All About My Father (2002) Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers (2003) The Nomi Song (2004) Feline Masquerade (2005) Beyond Hatred (2006) A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007) Football Under Cover (2008) Fig Trees (2009)
2010s	The Mouth of the Wolf (2010) The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011) Call Me Kuchu (2012) Bambi (2013) The Circle (2014) The New Man (2015) Kiki (2016) Small Talk (2017) Tranny Fag (2018) Lemebel (2019)
2020s	If It Were Love (2020) Alis (2022) Orlando, My Political Biography (2023) Teaches of Peaches (2024)

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