Dry (2022 film)
# Dry (2022 film)

Dry (Italian: Siccità) is a 2022 Italian apocalyptic comedy film directed by Paolo Virzì, from a screenplay by Paolo Giordano. The film features an ensemble cast which includes Silvio Orlando, Valerio Mastandrea, Sara Serraiocco and Monica Bellucci.

The film had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on 8 September 2022 and was first theatrically released in Italy on 29 September 2022.

## Synopsis

In a dystopian present, it hasn't rained in Rome for three years and a series of characters must cope with the drought that has reduced water reserves to a minimum and with an epidemic of sleeping sickness carried by cockroaches.

## Cast

* Silvio Orlando as Antonio
* Valerio Mastandrea as Loris
* Elena Lietti as Mila
* Tommaso Ragno as Alfredo
* Claudia Pandolfi as Sara
* Vinicio Marchioni as Luca
* Monica Bellucci as Valentina
* Diego Ribon as Professor Del Vecchio
* Max Tortora as Jacopucci
* Emanuela Fanelli as Raffaella Zarate
* Gabriel Montesi as Valerio
* Sara Serraiocco as Giulia
* Emma Fasano as Martina
* Emanuele Maria Di Stefano as Sebastiano
* Malich Cissé as Sembene
* Paola Tiziana Cruciani as Loris' mother
* Gianni Di Gregorio as Loris' father
* Andrea Renzi as the President
* Giovanni Franzoni as Filippo
* Federico D'Ovidio as Lino
* Lorenzo Gioielli as Corrado Zarate
* Sara Lazzaro as Rose
* Edoardo Purgatori as Pierluigi
* Federico Maria Sardelli as the conductor

## Production

Principal photography began on 17 February 2021, in Rome, Italy. The film entered post-production in May 2021.

## Release

The film premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on 8 September 2022. Its first theatrical release was in Italy on 29 September 2022.

## Reception

Dry grossed $0 in North America and a worldwide total of $1.8 million.

