Margins

Margins (2022)

Margini

Summer 2008. Three friends have the chance of a lifetime: opening for their favourite punk hardcore band. At the very last moment, the concert falls through but Edo, Iac and Miche don’t give up. To them punk is more than music, it’s a lifestyle. In a blink, they decide to bring the gig to Grosseto, the silent and conservative city where they live. Nevertheless, all the difficulties and problems they face on their way risk to blow up their lives and their friendship.

Date of release
2022-09-08
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (42)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Niccolò Falsetti

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Grosseto

Margins is a 2022 Italian comedy film directed by Niccolò Falsetti.

Production

The idea for the film was born from the desire of director Niccolò Falsetti and actor Francesco Turbanti, friends since elementary school and founding members of the punk band Pegs, to make a film about the Italian hardcore scene. The first script was written in 2013, and the authors initially intended to make a film adaptation of Marco Philopat's book Costretti a sanguinare.

The pre-production of the film began in 2015, when the project was supported by Alessandro Amato and Luigi Chimienti's Dispàrte, later joined by the Manetti Bros., with whom Falsetti had already worked as a camera operator on Inspector Coliandro. The script, rewritten several times by Falsetti and Turbanti, was finally completed and refined with the contribution of Tommaso Renzoni.

The film poster was created by cartoonist Zerocalcare, whom the two authors had met during their concerts with the Pegs and had met again at a comic festival at Forte Prenestino. Zerocalcare also created the poster for the Defense concert within the film and participated in a vocal cameo.

Filming took place in Grosseto starting on 19 April 2021, then moved to Abbadia San Salvatore from May 19 to 21, with the support of the Tuscany Film Commission. Locations included Piazza Dante, the railway station, the police headquarters, the Medici walls.

The film is dedicated to the memory of Luigi "Gigi" Ambrosio, owner of the historic Caffè Ricasoli in Grosseto, who died on 17 September 2021, shortly after the end of filming. Ambrosio appears as himself in a scene in the film.

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