The Game Bag

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The Game Bag
Il carniere.jpg
Directed by Maurizio Zaccaro
Written by Lara Fremder
Marco Bechis
Gigi Riva
Maurizio Zaccaro
Umberto Contarello
Produced by Giovanni Di Clemente
Cinematography Blasco Giurato
Music by Pino Donaggio
Release date
  • 1997 (1997)
Running time
94 minutes
Language Italian

The Game Bag (Italian : Il carniere) is a 1997 Italian war drama film directed by Maurizio Zaccaro. [1]

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For his performance Leo Gullotta won the David di Donatello for best supporting actor. [2]

Plot

In late summer 1991, three Italians reach a hunting reserve in Croatia with a station wagon. They go to deer, but, unaware of what's in store for months, they do not decipher the enigmatic signs that surround them. One of the three is suddenly wounded in the knee by a bullet of unknown provenance, and they end up in a hotel targeted by snipers night and day.

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References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002.
  2. Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN   8877422211.