The Best Reward

The Best Reward

98 mins | Drama | Oct. 23, 2024

Mattia is 17 years old. Raised in a post-industrial province and experiencing an identity crisis, he is the son of a trade unionist and a housewife. Hypersensitive and fragile, he expresses himself through hip-hop music. The death of his older brother begins a period of great changes. Mattia leaves school, starts working in a factory and, through a North African colleague, approaches Islam. Prey to a lacerating restlessness, Mattia takes the path of progressive isolation and radicalization.

The Best Reward

98 mins | Drama | Oct. 23, 2024

The Best Reward
Mattia is 17 years old. Raised in a post-industrial province and experiencing an identity crisis, he is the son of a trade unionist and a housewife. Hypersensitive and fragile, he expresses himself through hip-hop music. The death of his older brother begins a period of great changes. Mattia leaves school, starts working in a factory and, through a North African colleague, approaches Islam. Prey to a lacerating restlessness, Mattia takes the path of progressive isolation and radicalization.
Producers Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Les Films d'Antoine, Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM), Apapaja, JanaProd, Emilia-Romagna Film Commission, Rai Cinema
Original title La Cosa Migliore
Directors Andrea Zangheri, Bruno Carli, Federico Ferrone, Sara Cavani, Marcello Montù
Writers Federico Ferrone, Giampiero Rigosi

Cast

Luka Zunic

as Mattia

Fabrizio Ferracane

as Mattia's Father

Abdessamad Bannaq

as Muhrad

Giulia Valenti

as Marisa

Francesca Rabbi

as Laura