Francesco Sossai

The Profile

Italian film director known for the feature Other Cannibals (2021) and Le città di pianura.

Directed Other Cannibals (2021). Le città di pianura is set in the Veneto area and follows two friends drifting from bar to bar, crossing paths with a young architecture student; the film includes a visit to Carlo Scarpa’s Brion Tomb and an economics metaphor about marginal utility (as noted by reviewers).

Three reviews focus on Sossai’s Le città di pianura, a Veneto-set wander through bars and fleeting friendship. Two reviewers find it thin, clichéd, and stylistically showy; one celebrates its rough poetry of the province and alcohol as social glue. Recurring notes: bar-to-bar drift, a bond with a young architecture student, and nods to Carlo Scarpa’s Brion Tomb and an economics metaphor. Overall mood: skeptical with scattered praise.