Chicco e Spillo
Italy, 2026 | 19'30" | Drama, Coming of Age
Directed by........Francesco Branca
Production.........Giampietro Preziosa, Marco Simon Puccioni — Inthelfilm
Distribution.......PunxFilm
August. The air is thick and still. Chicco and Spillo, fraternal twins now eighteen, are forced to leave the institutional care home where they grew up. With an uncertain future and driven by the pride of their youth, they flee toward the sea, determined to defy a pre-written destiny and feel like boys for just one more day. But the journey turns into a fragile rite of passage between play and reality, dream and illusion. While Chicco clings to life with angry resolve, Spillo rejects his illness, slipping into an increasingly blurred world. As the heat intensifies, his body gives out. A severe hypoglycemic crisis drags Spillo into a vortex of delirium, where even Chicco's presence begins to feel like a mere illusion.
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| Title: | Chicco e Spillo |
| English Title: | Chicco and Spillo |
| Year: | 2026 |
| Country: | Italy |
| Running Time: | 19'30" |
| Language: | Italian |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Aspect Ratio: | 2.35:1 |
| Audio: | 5.1 |
| Shooting Format: | Digital 16:9 |
| Cast: | Andrea Fuorto - Spillo |
| Claudio Segaluscio - Chicco | |
| Direction & Screenplay: | Francesco Branca |
| Production: | Giampietro Preziosa, Marco Simon Puccioni |
| Executive Producers: | Gabriele Nato, Giovanni Lugoboni |
| Director of Photography: | Mathias Marchetti |
| Assistant director: | Edoardo Moghetti |
| Editing: | Elisa R. D'angeli |
| Production design: | Francesca Pesce |
| Costumes: | Nina Zampagni |
| General Organizer: | Raffael Fiano |
| Production Manager: | Erika Mosciarello |
| Camera Operator: | Luca Annaratone |
| Makeup Artist: | Frank Bertelli |
| Sound and Boom Operator: | Alessandra Salvatori |
| Colorist: | Andrea Sabatelli |
| Production Sound Editing and Re-recording Mixer: | Matteo Di Simone |









