Directed by:
Andrea MolaioliScreenplay:
Ludovica RampoldiCinematography:
Luca BigazziComposer:
Teho TeardoCast:
Toni Servillo, Remo Girone, Sarah Felberbaum, Lino Guanciale, Jay O. Sanders, Antonio Giancarlo Zavatteri, Roberto Sbaratto, Igor Chernevich (more)Plots(1)
“As with The Girl by the Lake, this story took me into the Italian provinces which, in this case, too, became silent spectators of a crime,” states Andrea Molaioli, commenting on the theme of his second feature film. The drama The Jewel, however, isn’t about a murder, but about crime as a symptom of our era. Inspired by a real case of financial scandal involving the multinational dairy concern Parmalat, Andrea Molaioli co-wrote and directed a reconstruction of the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of the major food processing company Leda, directed by prominent entrepreneur Amanzio Rastelli and his trusted right-hand man, accountant Ernesto Botta (Remo Girone and Toni Servillo). The organism of a company which enjoyed glittering success in the early 1990s is gradually poisoned by unscrupulous pragmatism and contempt for financial market regulations. Like Francesco Rosi in The Mattei Affair (1972), whom Molaioli cites as a source of inspiration, the filmmakers behind The Jewel also attempt to make a connection between a psychological analysis of their characters and their scrutiny of a serious social problem in relation to the given sociological context. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Toni Servillo
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Beauty (2013)
The Jewel (2011)
The Consequences of Love (2004)
Remo Girone
Eritrea
Best movies:
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Heaven (2002)
Sarah Felberbaum
UK
Best movies:
The Jewel (2011)
La figlia di Elisa - Ritorno a Rivombrosa (2007) (series)
The Young Montalbano (2012) (series)
Lino Guanciale
Italy
Best movies:
The Jewel (2011)
The First Day of My Life (2023)
I, Don Giovanni (2009)
Jay O. Sanders
USA
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
Glory (1989)
Cadillac Records (2008)
Antonio Giancarlo Zavatteri
Italy
Best movies:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
The Jewel (2011)
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
Roberto Sbaratto
Best movies:
The Jewel (2011)
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990) (TV movie)
The Solitude of Prime Numbers (2010)
Igor Chernevich
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Jewel (2011)
Roads to Koktebel (2003)
We Are from the Future (2008)
Renato Carpentieri
Italy
Best movies:
Fiorile (1993)
The Jewel (2011)
Les Enfants volés (1992)
Nicola Giuliano
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Beauty (2013)
The Jewel (2011)
The Consequences of Love (2004)
Luca Canale Brucculeri
Best movies:
The Jewel (2011)
Violetta (2011) (TV movie)
Le ragazze dello swing (2010) (TV movie)
Stefano Saccotelli
Italy
Best movies:
The Jewel (2011)
The Double Hour (2009)
Rocco Schiavone (2016) (series)
Ambre Anderson
Best movies:
The Jewel (2011)
The Romanoffs (2018) (series)
Aldo Delaude
Best movies:
The Jewel (2011)
Black Arrow (2006) (series)
Sleepless (2001)