Samuel is a wheelchair-bound eleven-year-old boy, who resembles a hostage in his own home. He is at the mercy of his tyrannical mother Elena, who has set up a prison-like sanctuary in order to shelter him from the threats of the outside world. The two of them live in a mansion that could have emerged out of an Edgar Allan Poe tale, emitting an atmosphere of dangling terror. However, the arrival of a young maid will trigger a shift in dynamics and bring about the unveiling of many somber and buried secrets of the past.
The Nest
Il nido
60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

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- Direction: Roberto De Feo
- Script: Roberto De Feo, Lucio Besana, Margherita Ferri
- Cinematography: Emanuele Pasquet
- Editing: Luca Gasparini
- Sound: Brando Mosca
- Music: Teho Teardo
- Actors: Francesca Cavallin, Ginevra Francesconi, Justin Alexander Korovkin, Maurizio Lombardi, Elisabetta De Vito
- Production: Colorado Film
- Producers: Maurizio Totti, Alessandro Usai
- Co-production: Vision Distribution
- Costumes: Cristina Audisio
- Executive producer: Prem1ere Film
- Sets: Francesca Bocca
- Camera: Luca Dell’ Oro
- Make Up: Francesca Buffarello
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Italy
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 107΄
- Contact: True Colours, info@truecolours.it
Roberto De Feo
Director, screenwriter and producer Roberto De Feo was born in Bari, Italy. His debut short film Ice Scream was a b-movie homage, while his following short film Child K was the first Italian short film to be released in the United States thanks to Branko Lustig, producer of Schindler’s List. The Nest is De Feo’s first feature film.
Filmography
2008 H5N1 (short)
2009 Ice Scream (short)
2014 Child K (short)
2016 Ice Scream
2019 Il nido | The Nest
2009 Ice Scream (short)
2014 Child K (short)
2016 Ice Scream
2019 Il nido | The Nest