Pulsar Content Boards ‘Fireworks,’ Italian LGBTQ Film (EXCLUSIVE)
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentPulsar Content has boarded sales on “Stranizza d’Amuri” (“Fireworks”), the true story about Arcigay, Italy’s first and largest LGBTQ rights group.
Produced by Ibla Film (“The Staggering Girl”), the movie marks the feature debut of veteran Italian actor Giuseppe Fiorello (“Terraferma”).A tale of first love, “Fireworks” tells the story of two teenagers who fall for each other in the very conservative Sicily in the 1980s.
They will carry the weight of society and face tragic consequences. Gabriele Pizzurro and Samuele Segreto star in the film alongside Fabrizia Sacchi (“Suspiria’) and Simona Malato (“The Macaluso Sisters”).“Fireworks” was penned by Fiorello, Andrea Cedrola (“Una famiglia”) and Carlo Salsa (“Cuori Puri”), in collaboration with Josella Porto.
Ibla Film produced the movie with Rai Cinema and Fenix Entertainment, in association with Silvio Campara, Golden Goose and Genera Life. “‘Stranizza d’amuri’ is a film inspired by true events, the murder of two young boys in a Sicilian small town in the ’80s,” said Eleonora Pratelli of Ibla Film.“This was a crime that changed forever the perception of homosexuality in Italy.
