An Eyewitness Account

An Eyewitness Account
Directed by	Pasquale Pozzessere
Written by	Giacomo Scarpelli Furio Scarpelli
Music by	Franco Piersanti
Cinematography	Luca Bigazzi
Release dates	1997
Running time	90 minutes
Language	Italian

An Eyewitness Account (Italian: Testimone a rischio, also known as Risking Witness and Witness in Danger) is a 1997 thriller-drama film directed by Pasquale Pozzessere. It is based on real life events of Mafia hit eyewitness Piero Nava.^[1][2] For his performance Fabrizio Bentivoglio won the David di Donatello Award for best actor and the Ciak d'oro in the same category.^[3]

Cast

• Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Pietro Nava
• Claudio Amendola as Sandro Nardella
• Margherita Buy as Franca Nava
• Pierfrancesco Pergoli as Luca Nava
• Maurizio Donadoni as Vincenzo Turrini
• Arnaldo Ninchi as Cataldi
• Sara Franchetti as Franca's Mother
• Biagio Pelligra as Police Commissioner De Lio

References

1. Deborah Young (March 1, 1997). "Review: 'Witness in Danger'". Variety. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
2. Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401372.
3. Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.

External links

• An Eyewitness Account at the Internet Movie Database