Shooting the Moon (L'Albero delle pere) 25 years old

Francesca Archibugi directed this Italian drama set in Rome where 14-year-old Siddhartha (Niccolo Senni) is forced to deal with his heroin-addicted mother Silvia (Valeria Golina). He occasionally gets a visit from his filmmaker father Massimo (Sergio Rubini), who left them years earlier. Silvia is involved with lawyer Roberto (Stefano Dionisi), and they have a child, four-year-old Domitilla (Francesca di Giovanni). She lives with her father but sometimes stays with Silvia and Siddhartha. One day Domitilla pricks her finger on a used needle belonging to her mother. Using the Internet to seek advice, Siddhartha is told to have Domitella tested for hepatitis and AIDS. Desperate, he sets forth but is soon stymied and frustrated by a medical bureaucracy. Shown at the 1998 Venice Film Festival.

Credits

Valeria Golino as

Sergio Rubini as

Stefano Dionisi as

Corrado Invernizzi as

Niccolò Senni as

Victor Cavallo as

Shooting the Moon Cast

Name	Character
Valeria Golino She was 32, now 58 years old
Sergio Rubini He was 38, now 64 years old
Stefano Dionisi He was 31, now 57 years old
Corrado Invernizzi He was 33, now 59 years old
Niccolò Senni He was 14, now 40 years old
Victor Cavallo He was 51, 52 years old when he died
Chiara Noschese She was 29, now 55 years old

Shooting the Moon Crew

Name	Department
Battista Lena as Original Music Composer. He was 38 (now 63) years old	Sound
Francesca Archibugi as Director. She was 38 (now 63) years old	Directing
Francesca Archibugi as Writer. She was 38 (now 63) years old	Writing

Shooting the Moon (25 years)

Release day: Friday, September 04, 1998
Runtime: 105 minutes