The Bone Breakers

The Bone Breakers

105 mins | Drama | Nov. 24, 2022

Inside a warehouse in Palermo, a group of people smashes a man’s arm to pieces with a wheelie bag packed with weights. This is the method used by an amateur criminal organization that fractures the limbs of its willing victims before staging fake accidents and raking in the insurance payouts. Vincenzo recruits the individuals from among the down-and-outs that haunt the city streets, where Luisa is a habitué, since she gets her crack there. Vincenzo’s problems suddenly get worse, though, after a series of mistakes shut him out of the gang, and Luisa is now his only chance: he convinces her to have her bones broken.

The Bone Breakers

105 mins | Drama | Nov. 24, 2022

The Bone Breakers
Inside a warehouse in Palermo, a group of people smashes a man’s arm to pieces with a wheelie bag packed with weights. This is the method used by an amateur criminal organization that fractures the limbs of its willing victims before staging fake accidents and raking in the insurance payouts. Vincenzo recruits the individuals from among the down-and-outs that haunt the city streets, where Luisa is a habitué, since she gets her crack there. Vincenzo’s problems suddenly get worse, though, after a series of mistakes shut him out of the gang, and Luisa is now his only chance: he convinces her to have her bones broken.
Producers Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Tramp LTD, Sensi Contemporanei Cinema e Audiovisivo, Regione Siciliana, Sicilia Film Commission, Rai Cinema
Original title Spaccaossa
Directors Vincenzo Pirrotta
Writers Ignazio Rosato, Vincenzo Pirrotta, Valentino Picone, Salvatore Ficarra

Cast

Luigi Lo Cascio

as Machinetta

Filippo Luna

as Mimmo

Maziar Firouzi

as Fasulina

Vincenzo Pirrotta

as Vincenzo

Selene Caramazza

as Luisa

Aurora Quattrocchi

as Giovanna

Antonino Bruschetta

as Francesco

Giovanni Calcagno

as Michele