The Crown Shyness
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The Crown Shyness
When high school ends and adulthood begins, Benjamin and Joshua Israel, two identical twins of Jewish origin, start feeling burdened and without a future. Being in your twenties and having a sassy attitude is not enough if you have an intellectual disability and the world makes it hard for you to fit in. Joshua would like to have sex for the first time, while Benjamin chases the utopia of love. Although they clash repeatedly, the two brothers share an unbreakable bond. They will soon learn that growing up also means giving the other space without casting a shadow.
Director: Valentina Bertani
Producer: Marco Lasagni, Pietro Puccioni, Lee Shira
Cinematographer: Edoardo Carlo Bolli, Emanuele Mestriner
Editor: Marco Bonini
Soundtrack Editor: Lorenzo Confetta
Original Soundtrack: Lorenzo Confetta
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, MiC
Colourist / Online Editor: Iggy Post
Visual Effects: Iggy Post
Script: Valentina Bertani, Emanuele Milasi, Irene Pollini Giolai, Alessia Rotondo
Distributor: I Wonder Pictures
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: ביישנות הכתר
Category: Family / Immigration / International Stories / Minorities / People with Disabilities
Tag Words: adhulthood boyhood coming-of-age identical twins Italy Judaism Love manhood mental disability sex twins
When high school ends and adulthood begins, Benjamin and Joshua Israel, two identical twins of Jewish origin, start feeling burdened and without a future. Being in your twenties and having a sassy attitude is not enough if you have an intellectual disability and the world makes it hard for you to fit in. Joshua would like to have sex for the first time, while Benjamin chases the utopia of love. Although they clash repeatedly, the two brothers share an unbreakable bond. They will soon learn that growing up also means giving the other space without casting a shadow.
Director: Valentina Bertani
Producer: Marco Lasagni, Pietro Puccioni, Lee Shira
Cinematographer: Edoardo Carlo Bolli, Emanuele Mestriner
Editor: Marco Bonini
Soundtrack Editor: Lorenzo Confetta
Original Soundtrack: Lorenzo Confetta
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, MiC
Colourist / Online Editor: Iggy Post
Visual Effects: Iggy Post
Script: Valentina Bertani, Emanuele Milasi, Irene Pollini Giolai, Alessia Rotondo
Distributor: I Wonder Pictures
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: ביישנות הכתר
Category: Family / Immigration / International Stories / Minorities / People with Disabilities
Tag Words: adhulthood boyhood coming-of-age identical twins Italy Judaism Love manhood mental disability sex twins
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