The Seed of Discord

2008 Italian film

Caterina Murino
Alessandro Gassmann
Martina Stella
Michele Venitucci
Valeria Fabrizi
Isabella Ferrari

CinematographyEnnio GuarnieriEdited byGiogiò Franchini

Production
companies

Rodeo Drive, Medusa Film, Sky Cinema

Release date

5 September 2008 (2008-09-05)

Running time

85 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalianBudget300,000 €Box office674,151 €

The Seed of Discord (Italian: Il seme della discordia) is a 2008 Italian film. The film is a modernisation of Heinrich von Kleist's novel The Marquise of O.^[1] It was entered into the main competition at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.

Plot

A married and faithful Italian woman finds herself pregnant the same day her husband is discovered to be sterile. In the original sound track is included a famous song of Sixties: the Mina's version of Canta Ragazzina

Cast

Caterina Murino – Veronica
Alessandro Gassman – Mario
Martina Stella – Nike
Valeria Fabrizi – Veronica's mother
Michele Venitucci – Gabriele
Angelo Infanti – Veronica's father
Lucilla Agosti – Dancer
Iaia Forte – Lover
Monica Guerritore – Doctor
Rosalia Porcaro – Lover
Isabella Ferrari – Monica
Eleonora Pedron – Gabriele's girlfriend

Production

Caterina Murino said it was very difficult for her to play the shower scene. "I wanted my body completely covered in foam, of all kinds, whipped with a whisk to make it more solid and water resistant but eventually there is little left of it".^[2]

References

^ Jay Weissberg (11 September 2008). "Review: 'The Seed of Discord'". Variety. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
^ "Taccuino veneziano". www.unionesarda.it. Retrieved 26 February 2022.