The Inner Cage (2021)

Original title

Ariaferma

Directed by

Leonardo Di Costanzo

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 57m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 279 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A prison drama set in a disused wing of a prison where a group of inmates and their guards wait for the facility to close. It focuses on the quiet routines and uneasy interactions between the prisoners and the jailers who are their keepers.

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What happens

The Inner Cage (Italian: Ariaferma, from aria ferma 'still air') is a 2021 Italian-Swiss prison drama film co-written and directed by Leonardo Di Costanzo. The film premiered out of competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. The film won two David di Donatello Awards, for best original screenplay and for best actor (Silvio Orlando). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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