Marcello & Nicola Mercalli's IL BUIO INTORNO

Twitch, in association with GOMORRAHY.com, is now providing a downloadable QuickTime version of the pre-production trailer for Marcello and Nicola Mercalli's Il buio intorno.

Il buio intorno is set to star Roberto Herlitzka, Claudio Santamaria, Piera Degli Esposti, Regina Orioli, Flavio Bucci, and Paolo Bonacelli. Sergio Stivaletti is to be responsible for its special effects.

Here's a synopsis for Il buio intorno from the website of production company Paco Cinematografica s.r.l.: "North of Italy. Guido, a ten-year-old kid, moves from the city to a small town in the country, together with his family and a newborn brother. Here Guido meets Tommaso, a kid about his age, who introduces him to a world made of superstitions and archaic rituals, where the line between folk tales and reality blurs. Tommaso tells him about the killing, which happened during the war, of three women thought to be witches. An encounter with Adelmo, a lunatic obsessed with witchcraft, and the sudden disapperance of a small kid convince Guido that witches are still in action."

Il buio intorno pre-production trailer (downloadable 2.2 MB MOV file)
Il buio intorno poster (see above left - 120 KB JPEG version)
Paco Cinematografica: Il buio intorno