The Nest

Il nido

60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Samuel is a wheelchair-bound eleven-year-old boy, who resembles a hostage in his own home. He is at the mercy of his tyrannical mother Elena, who has set up a prison-like sanctuary in order to shelter him from the threats of the outside world. The two of them live in a mansion that could have emerged out of an Edgar Allan Poe tale, emitting an atmosphere of dangling terror. However, the arrival of a young maid will trigger a shift in dynamics and bring about the unveiling of many somber and buried secrets of the past.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Roberto De Feo
Script: Roberto De Feo, Lucio Besana, Margherita Ferri
Cinematography: Emanuele Pasquet
Editing: Luca Gasparini
Sound: Brando Mosca
Music: Teho Teardo
Actors: Francesca Cavallin, Ginevra Francesconi, Justin Alexander Korovkin, Maurizio Lombardi, Elisabetta De Vito
Production: Colorado Film
Producers: Maurizio Totti, Alessandro Usai
Co-production: Vision Distribution
Costumes: Cristina Audisio
Executive producer: Prem1ere Film
Sets: Francesca Bocca
Camera: Luca Dell’ Oro
Make Up: Francesca Buffarello
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Italy
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 107΄
Contact: True Colours, info@truecolours.it

Roberto De Feo

Director, screenwriter and producer Roberto De Feo was born in Bari, Italy. His debut short film Ice Scream was a b-movie homage, while his following short film Child K was the first Italian short film to be released in the United States thanks to Branko Lustig, producer of Schindler’s List. The Nest is De Feo’s first feature film.

Filmography

2008 H5N1 (short)
2009 Ice Scream (short)
2014 Child K (short)
2016 Ice Scream
2019 Il nido | The Nest