Pentaclub (The Club of Five)

Film Synopsis

The year is 1968. Five teenage boys dream of running a movie theater in which they will not show pro-war films. One summer afternoon Giò, Delfo, Max, Ricky and Paolo learn to become trusted friends, indispensable to one another. A coming-of-age, adventure film about friendship, one with small but large rebellious acts that signal the end of childhood and the beginning of adulthood. *** A group of friends, who met in the 1960s, was essential to the film’s production. In fact, the production design and costume departments were entrusted by the director to lifelong friends with whom he shared his early experiments with 8mm film whilst the screenplay was written by the director and his wife. Therefore, Pentaclub is a film about friendship, both on the screen and behind the scenes. Other departments were handled by professionals.