Angel of Evil
Angel of Evil (, also known as Vallanzasca - Angels of Evil) is a 2010 Italian crime film directed by Michele Placido. It is based on the biography Il fiore del male. Bandito a Milano (The flower of evil. Bandit in Milan) of bank robber Renato Vallanzasca, by Italian journalist Carlo Bonini. Plot Locked up in prison serving a life sentence for his crimes, an old Renato Vallanzasca (Kim Rossi Stuart) proceeds in the memories of a youth spent as head of a crime syndicate known as the chronicle Banda della Comasina, which raged in the 1970s in Milan between robberies, kidnappings, murders and evasions. Cast Kim Rossi Stuart as Renato Vallanzasca Filippo Timi as Enzo Paz Vega as Antonella D'Agostino Moritz Bleibtreu as Sergio Francesco Scianna as Francis Turatello as Carmen as Spaghettino Valeria Solarino as Ripalta Pioggia, aka Consuelo Lino Guanciale: Nunzio Nicola Acunzo: Rosario : Fausto Paolo Mazzarelli: Beppe Gerardo Amato: Padre di Renato Lorenzo Gleijeses: Donato : Madre di Renato : Giuliana Stefano Chiodaroli: Armando Monica Bîrlădeanu as Nicoletta Riccardo Leonelli: Bruno, portantino Production In 2008, 20th Century Fox showed a project of Renato Vallanzasca's movie to Michele Placido, proposing him to direct it. The director, initially uninterested, accepted the job only after being approached by Kim Rossi Stuart, who wanted to play the role of the protagonist. Placido spoke for the first time about it in a January 2009 interview, in which he announced his plans for the future, directing Vallanzasca and two other films. Release Italy 20th Century Fox has taken care of Italian cinema distribution. Before being confirmed as the distribution company, the producers had thought of Medusa Film and Rai Cinema, but neither were interested in film studies and rejected the script. On 12 July 2010, Michele Placido said in a press release about the film that both houses had refused the rights acquisition because of the "hypocritical respectability" in Italy. Vallanzasca was originally planned to be theatrically released in Italy in October 2010, but 20th Century Fox delayed it a few months after, to 17 December. U.S. The film was released in the United States in 2011 with the title Angel of Evil. Reception On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 52% rating based on reviews from 25 critics. References External links 2010 films 2010 crime films 2010 biographical drama films 2010s Italian-language films French crime drama films Romanian crime drama films Italian biographical drama films Films directed by Michele Placido Biographical films about gangsters Biographical films about Italian bandits 20th Century Fox films Italian crime drama films Romanian biographical drama films French biographical drama films 2010s French films