Like Sheep Among Wolves
{{Short description|2023 film}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Like Sheep Among Wolves.jpg
| director = Lyda Patitucci
| screenplay = Filippo Gravino
| starring = Isabella Ragonese
| music = Ginevra Nervi
| cinematography = Giuseppe Maio
| editing = Giuseppe Trepiccione
| producer = Enrico Cerabino
Matteo Rovere
|distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2023}}
| country =
| language = Italian
| budget =
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Like Sheep Among Wolves ({{Langx|it|Come pecore in mezzo ai lupi}}) is a 2023 Italian crime-thriller film directed by Lyda Patitucci, at her feature film debut.
== Plot ==
Stefania is an undercover police officer who infiltrated an Italian-Serbian gang of criminals. She discovers the involvement of her brother Bruno, who recently got out of prison and whom she had not seen for years.
== Cast ==
- Isabella Ragonese as Stefania/Vera
- Andrea Arcangeli as Bruno
- Clara Ponsot as Janine
- Tommaso Ragno as Sante
- Carolina Michelangeli as Marta
- Gennaro Di Colandrea as Gaetano
- Aleksandar Gavranic as Goran
- Alan Katić as Dragan
- Miloš Timotijević as Milorad
- Gabriele Portoghese as Di Franco
- Imma Villa as Ester
Production
The film was produced by Matteo Rovere's company Groenlandia, with whom Patitucci often collaborated as second-unit director, notably in The First King: Birth of an Empire and Italian Race.{{cite news |last1=Meale |first1=Raffaele |title=Come pecore in mezzo ai lupi (2023) di Lyda Patitucci - Recensione |url=https://quinlan.it/2023/08/11/come-pecore-in-mezzo-ai-lupi/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=Quinlan |date=11 August 2023 |language=it-IT}} It was shot in Rome, and had among its locations EUR, {{Interlanguage link|Villaggio Olimpico|it|Villaggio Olimpico (zona di Roma)}} and the Aniene river area. As to perform his role, Andrea Arcangeli lost 15 kilos.{{cite news |last1=Manca |first1=Mario |title=Andrea Arcangeli: «Quando il corpo si trasforma» |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/article/andrea-arcangeli-quando-il-corpo-si-trasforma |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=Vanity Fair Italia |date=13 July 2023 |language=it-IT}}
Release
The film premiered at the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, in the Harbor sidebar.{{cite news |last1=Vivarelli |first1=Nick |title=Rotterdam: Italy’s Lyda Patitucci on the Female Gaze in Atmospheric Noir ‘Like Sheep Among Wolves’ |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/rotterdam-lyda-patitucci-female-gaze-noir-like-sheep-among-wolves-1235506367/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=Variety|date=31 January 2023}} It was released in Italian cinemas on 13 July 2023.{{cite news |last1=Bragadini |first1=Benedetta |title=Lyda Patitucci e ‘Come pecore in mezzo ai lupi’, un esordio da non perdere |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema-tv/interviste-cinema-tv/lyda-patitucci-e-come-pecore-in-mezzo-ai-lupi-un-esordio-da-non-perdere/766925/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=Rolling Stone Italia |date=15 July 2023 |language=it-IT}}{{cite news |last1=Barone |first1=Martina |title=Come pecore in mezzo ai lupi, recensione: con Isabella Ragonese |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.it/film/film-italiani/come-pecore-tra-i-lupi-la-recensione-isabella-ragonese-andrea-arcangeli-crime-lyda-patitucci/30664/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter Roma |date=16 July 2023 |language=it-IT}}
Reception
For this film Isabella Ragonese was nominated for best actress at the 69th edition of the David di Donatello awards.{{cite news |last1=Ugolini |first1=Chiara |title=David di Donatello 2024, le candidature. ‘C’è ancora domani’ fa il record con 19 nomination |url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2024/04/03/news/ddavid_donatello_2024_cortellesi_record_tutte_candidature-422415746/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=la Repubblica |date=3 April 2024 |language=it}}
References
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Category:2023 crime thriller films
Category:Italian crime thriller films
Category:2023 directorial debut films