The Protagonist (2025)
Il Protagonista
Giancarlo Mangiapane is thirty years old and has one single dream: to become a great actor. However, the important roles aren't coming, so Giancarlo ends up acting in his everyday life. One day, his agent tells him he's about to get the opportunity of a lifetime: the lead audition for Clochard, a biopic about the life of Gustavo Noradin, a 1950s tap dance champion who fell from grace due to his addictions. When he discovers that his roommate is also preparing for the same role, a rivalry is born that begins to obsess him. Between exhausting rehearsals, a mother who keeps trying to reach him, and a fearsome casting director, Giancarlo's identification with the character becomes total, to the point of jeopardizing his true identity.
- Date of release
- 2025-11-23
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Fabrizio Benvenuto
Casting
- Pierluigi Gigante
- Morena Gentile
- Alessio Lapice
- Adriano Giannini
- Elisabetta Ventura
- Anna Redi
- Ermanno De Biagi
- Pierfrancesco Nacca
- Josafat Vagni
- Matteo Amaturo
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