Rose Island

Rose Island

120 mins | Comedy, Adventure | Dec. 9, 2020

In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.

Rose Island

120 mins | Comedy, Adventure | Dec. 9, 2020

Rose Island
In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Groenlandia
Original title L'incredibile storia dell'isola delle rose
Directors Jacopo Giovannini, Giulio Cupperi, Alessia Riveruzzi, Sydney Sibilia
Writers Sydney Sibilia, Francesca Manieri

Cast

Elio Germano

as Giorgio Rosa

Matilda De Angelis

as Gabriella

Fabrizio Bentivoglio

as Franco Restivo

François Cluzet

as Jean Baptiste Toma'

Tom Wlaschiha

as W.R. Neumann

Luca Zingaretti

as Giovanni Leone

Leonardo Lidi

as Maurizio Orlandini

Fabrizio Rongione

as Monsieur Carlozzi

Marco Pancrazi

as Bruno Spaggiari

Andrea Pennacchi

as Ulisse Rosa

Alberto Astorri

as Pietro Bernardini

Violetta Zironi

as Franca

Christian Ginepro

as Poliziotto

Christian Stamm

as The reporter

Ascanio Balbo

as Carlo

Giulio Farnese

as Cardinale Emanuele Nunziante

Luca Della Bianca

as Francesco Cossiga

Marco Sincini

as Giulio Andreotti

Vincent Frost

as Naval officer Malta

Riccardo Marzi

as Giacinto Piazza