They Call Me Jeeg

They Call Me Jeeg
Directed by Gabriele Mainetti
Produced by Gabriele Mainetti
Written by Nicola Guaglianone
Menotti
Starring Claudio Santamaria
Luca Marinelli
Ilenia Pastorelli
Music by Michele Braga
Gabriele Mainetti
Cinematography Michele D'Attanasio
Release dates
Language Italian
Budget € 1.700.000
Box office € 4.451.595

They Call Me Jeeg (Italian: Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot) is a 2015 Italian superhero film directed by Gabriele Mainetti and starring Claudio Santamaria in the lead role.[1][2]

Plot

Enzo Ceccotti is a thief who lives in Rome's slum Tor Bella Monaca. One day he jumps into the Tiber in order to escape from the police and falls into a barrel of radioactive waste, which infects him giving him superpowers, like an exceptional strength and healing abilities.

He gradually loses his disinterest towards people thanks to a retarded girl, who has mistaken him for the Japanese manga hero Hiroshi Shiba, and gradually shifts from supercriminal to superhero in order to save her from a psycho gangster known as "The Gipsy".

Cast

Awards

Year Award/Festival Category Winner/Nominee Result
2016 61th David di Donatello Best New Director Gabriele Mainetti Won
Best Producer Gabriele Mainetti Won
Best Screenplay Nicola Guaglianone, Menotti Nominated
Best Actress Ilenia Pastorelli Won
Best Actor Claudio Santamaria Won
Best Supporting Actress Antonia Truppo Won
Best Supporting Actor Luca Marinelli Won
Best Cinematography Michele D'Attanasio Nominated
Best Score Gabriele Mainetti, Michele Braga Nominated
Best Sets and Decorations Massimiliano Sturiale Nominated
Best Costumes Mary Montalto Nominated
Best Make-Up Giulio Pezza Nominated
Best Hair Design Angela Vannella Nominated
Best Editing Andrea Maguolo Won
Best Sound Valentino Giannì Nominated
Best Visual Effects Chromatica Nominated
Mercedes-Benz Future Award Gabriele Mainetti Won
Bari International Film Festival Ettore Scola Award for Best New Director Gabriele Mainetti Won
Amsterdam Imagine Film Festival Silver Scream Award Gabriele Mainetti Won

See also

References

  1. Jay Weissberg (November 5, 2015). "Film Review: ‘They Call Me Jeeg’". Variety. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  2. Franco Montini (17 October 2015). "Al Festival del Cinema Santamaria il supereroe 'Jeeg Robot'". La Repubblica. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

External links

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