Law student Giorgio is a fine young man, with nice friends and good parents who give him everything he needs. But why for some is that never enough?
One night at a party he befriends a mysterious guest, Francesco. Francesco is cool, handsome and trouble. He invites Giorgio to join him for a poker game, and Giorgio, looking for a bit of kick in his life, goes along, and to his amazement wins. But it was inevitable - Francesco, a cardsharp, is in control.
They start entering big games with high rollers and lowlifes, playing for big money and getting away with it every time, taking bigger risks, until they finally enter the big league - drugs.
Frighteningly in thrall to Francesco, a trip to Barcelona to buy cocaine to sell takes Giorgio over an invisible internal line. No longer a fine boy. No longer a dutiful son. No longer hanging out with nice friends. The extent of Francesco’s influence is brutally revealed putting at risk Giorgio’s future, security and freedom.
The Past Is A Foreign Land is the slacker movie updated for the generation who want luxury without working for it, thrills without consequences, and responsibility for no-one except themselves. It’s a cautionary tale of how the weak are consumed by the strong, seduced by the aura of danger and left for dead in the endgame. Only the very lucky find their good side again.
Film: The Past Is A Foreign Land
Release date: 4th October 2010
Certificate: 18
Running time: 127 mins
Director: Daniele Vicari
Starring: Elio Germano, Michele Riondino, Chiara Caselli, Valentina Lodovini, Marco Baliani
Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller
Studio: Vita
Format: DVD
Country: Italy
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