DIBOLIK – Who are you? – broadcast tonight on the first TV at 9.20 pm on Rai 2 – It is the third and last film of the Manetti Trilogy Bros. started with Diabolik in 2021 and continued the following year with Diabolik – Ginko to the attack!. The king of terror and inspector Ginko this time I am Forced to join forces to escape a gang of criminals.
Diabolik – Who are you? On Rai 2 and Raiplay: the plot of the Manetti Bros. film
Diabolik (Giacomo Gianniotti) and his accomplice and lover Eva Kant (Miriam Leone) they are ready to implement A new ingenious plan: robot the countess Wiendemar of her collection of coins Very ancient. While the inspector Ginko (Valerio Mastandrea) tries to prevent him and to arrest them. Unlike what is planned though, Both the thief and the inspector are captured by a Band of CriminalI: they find themselves face to face, trapped in the same cell.
Having no way out and sure to be destined for death, they confront each other. Diabolik reveals his dark past to Ginko. Tells him how, Still newborn, he was saved by a shipwreck by the men of King, head of a powerful underworld organization worldwide, and his life on the island of the criminal. In the meantime, both Eva Kant and Altea of Vallenberg (Monica Bellucci), secret lover of Ginko, are looking for their men. Will they unite the strength to save them?
Miriam Leone and Giacomo Giannotti in a scene of “Diabolik – who are you?”. (01 Distribution)
Diabolik – Who are you?the review of the third film of the saga
Third chapter of the saga dedicated to the king of terror directed by Manetti Bros., Diabolik – Who are you? it is vaguely inspired by the comic book number 107 of the series, Published in 1968. As in previous films, Manetti also give life to a “sui generis” cinecomicmade of Dialogues over the lines, “basic” acting, dry photography And slow rhythm. The comic materializes on the screen in its purest form, contaminating with the Italian policeman years of seventies of directors such as Fernando Di Leo.
The main difference between this chapter and the other films of the saga is a greater attention to the female figures: non only Eva Kant but also the noble Altea. Two apparently very different women but con a common point: they are the ones who solve the most complicated situations.
Visually speaking, Regia solutions are excellent. Like when the screen turns into a torn page while Diabolik reconstructs its painful past. The script works less, perhaps too naive, But the fun is insured e The dive into the protagonist’s past makes him in the eyes of the viewer more human and empathic.
The cast and locations of the film
As in the two previous films, Here too the city of Bologna, together with the neighboring San Lazzaro di Savena, is the protagonist of the film, chosen once again to become the fictitious town of Clerville. Other scenes from the film were shot in Trieste and Milan. But three unpublished locations of Diabolik – Who are you? There is Calabria. In particular the environments of the tonnara of palms and of Praia a sea where they were set The flashbacks that tell the childhood of Diabolik.
The cast matters on Valeria Mastandrea in the role of Ginko and Miriam Leone In those of Eva Kant. Giacomo Giannotti is the king of terror for the second time (Luca Marinelli left the saga after the first film). Monica Bellucci returns to interpret Altea. Barbara Bouchet also in outline roles (the countess Wiendemar), Carolina Crescentini (Gabriella Bauer), Pier Giorgio Bellocchio (the sergeant Palmer) and the singer Max Gazzé (Giulio Bruner). The film, presented at the Rome Feast in 2023, is dedicated to the manufacturer Carlo Macchitelladisappeared shortly before.
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