The film takes place over the course of a single night: the longest night of the year, between December 21 and 22 (the winter solstice), when the sun sets around 4:30 p.m. and rises the next day at 7:30 a.m. A long night in which the stories, destinies, anxieties, and dramas of a provincial town in the south (Potenza) intertwine, even if only briefly. Fifteen hours of uninterrupted darkness in which human destiny becomes exceptional, as the night causes the anchors of the day to be lost and four personal stories suddenly accelerate.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched Potenza streets that become a character
Acting
Ambra Angiolini's fragile, luminous desperation
Direction
Aleandri's patient weaving of four fragile threads
Director
Simone Aleandri
Mimmo Mignemi
Sergio
Ambra Angiolini
Luce
Luigi Fedele
Johnny
Francesco Di Napoli
Damiano
Michele Eburnea
Enza
Nicolò Galasso
Pepè
Massimo Popolizio
Francesco
Alessandro Haber
Luce's dad
Anna Ammirati
Isabella
Antonio Petrocelli
Isabella's husband
Aglaia Mora
Felicia
Pascal Zullino
Carmine
Pietro Sarubbi
DJ's driver
Massimo De Francovich
Il Presidente
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rai Cinema's support marks this as part of Italy's state-funded effort to preserve regional storytelling outside Rome-Milan dominance—Potenza itself becomes the film's true protagonist.
Aleandri structured the 91 minutes to mirror the actual 15-hour solstice night, meaning screen time compresses real time at roughly 1:10 ratio—explaining that dreamlike, suspended quality.
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