The Invisible Witness (Il testimone Invisibile)

Thriller, Mistery – Italy – 2019 – 97′
In Italian with English Subtitles

Synopsis

A locked-room mystery with a twist: A slickly successful businessman wakes up next to his dead lover and becomes the chief suspect. His defense lawyer’s never lost a case, but can even she help him?
“When I woke up, the nightmare began.” So begins the account of Adriano Doria (Riccardo Scamarcio), a wealthy Italian entrepreneur, describing the murky events of the worst night of his life, when he discovers himself in a resort hotel room with a nasty cut on his forehead and the lifeless body of his young mistress, Laura (Miriam Leone), lying on the floor amidst a pile of scattered banknotes. Though he protests his innocence, Adriano is the obvious prime suspect. With just hours to go before his arrest, he arranges a meeting with Virginia Ferrara (Maria Paiato), a notoriously tough attorney who has never lost a case, to plan his defense strategy and find evidence to exonerate him. Largely told in flashback, this noirish thriller from director Stefano Mordini recreates the days of intrigue that lead up to that terrible night as guilt-ridden Adriano, still in love with his wife, tries to break off the affair with Laura while on a clandestine trip to the mountainous Trentino region—until fate intervenes and forever alters their lives. As more facts are coaxed out by Virginia, the characters’ motivations begin to blur until no one is quite who they first seemed, leading to a pulse-pounding conclusion that will leave audiences guessing until the final shot. (SIFF 2019)

Directed by

Stefano Mordini

Cast

Riccardo Scamarcio, Miriam Leone, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Maria Paiato

Crew

Directed by Stefano Mordini
Screenplay Stefano Mordini, Massimiliano Catoni (from the movie “The Invisible Guest – Contratiempo” by Oriol Paulo) Director of Photography Luigi Martinucci Editor Massimo Fiocchi Music Fabio Barovero
Production Warner Bros. Ent. Italia Picomedia Producer Roberto Sessa

Awards and Fests

2019 Seattle International Film Festival
2019 Leiden International Film Festival
2019 Festival do Rio

Virtual Cinema Bookings

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City
State
Start date
Laemmle theaters
Los Angeles
CA
6/19/2020
International Film Showcase
Orinda
CA
7/3/2020
Palm Spring’s Cultural Center
Palm Springs
CA
7/31/2020
South Bay Film Society
Redondo Beach
CA
6/26/2020
Cinema Society of Pebble Creek
San Diego
CA
7/31/2020
Cinema Society
San Diego
CA
7/31/2020
SF Indie Fest
San Francisco
CA
6/26/2020
Rafael@Home
San Rafael, CA
CA
7/3/2020
Cameo Cinema
St Helena
CA
6/26/2020
Kimball’s Peak Three Theater
Colorado Springs
CO
6/26/2020
Cafe Cinematheque International
Boca Raton, FL
FL
6/26/2020
Fort Lauderdale Int’l Film Festival
Fort Lauderdale
FL
6/26/2020
Corazon Cinema and Cafe
St Augustine
FL
6/26/2020
Gene Siskel Film Center
Chicago
IL
6/26/2020
Ryder Film Series
Bloomington
IN
6/26/2020
Cape Cinema
Dennis
MA
7/24/2020
Jean Cocteau Cinema
Santa Fe, NM
NM
6/26/2020
Eclipse Theater
Las Vegas, NV
NV
6/26/2020
North Park Theater
Buffalo
NY
6/26/2020
Downing Film Center
Newburg, NY
NY
7/10/2020
North Bend Theater
North Bend
OR
6/26/2020
Cinema Arts Theatre
Fairfax
VA
6/26/2020
Naro Cinema
Norflok
VA
6/26/2020
Alamo Drafthouse Winchester
Winchester
VA
6/26/2020
Grand Illusion cinema
Seattle, WA
WA
7/3/2020

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