Margins (film)

[2][3] Conceived by Niccolò Falsetti and Francesco Turbanti and written by them along with Tommaso Renzoni, the film tells the story of three young punk boys from the Tuscan province who try to organize a concert for a famous American band in their town.

[6] The film received two nominations at the 68th David di Donatello Awards in the categories Best New Director for Niccolò Falsetti and Best Original Song for "La palude" by the Pegs.

Finally, they get the chance to play in Bologna, opening for a famous American punk band, The Defense, but due to an unforeseen event, the date is canceled.

For the three guys, it’s time to get busy organizing the event, but difficulties soon arise: finding a venue that can host the concert is not easy, and it's equally difficult to obtain the equipment requested by the band at reasonable prices.

At his mother's urging, Edoardo reluctantly agrees to speak with Adriano Melis to organize the concert at Sala Eden, but the deal falls through after a quarrel between the three and the entrepreneur.

However, due to the difficulties in recreating the atmosphere of the 1970s punk scene, the two authors decided to draw from their own autobiographical experiences, abandoning the initial idea to create a comedy set in Grosseto in the late 2000s.

[10] The pre-production of the film began in 2015, when the project was supported by Alessandro Amato and Luigi Chimienti's Dispàrte, later joined by the Manetti Bros., with whom Falsetti had already worked as a camera operator on Inspector Coliandro.

[9] The technical cast included Alessandro Veridiani for cinematography, Vito Giuseppe Zito for set design, and Ginevra De Carolis for costumes, with consulting from David Bardelli, a local "mentor" to the two authors during their punk formative years, upon whom the character of Michele is modeled.

[8][10] The roles of the three protagonists were entrusted to Turbanti himself, Emanuele Linfatti, and Matteo Creatini; to prepare for their characters, the authors gave the actors personalized playlists of punk hardcore music and asked them to watch several films, including This Is England and La Haine.

[10] The film also features other songs not included in the album, such as "Rock 'n' Roll Robot" by Alberto Camerini and "Se bruciasse la città" by Massimo Ranieri.

Additionally, he supervised a project of ten promotional postcards illustrated by various independent Italian comic artists: LRNZ, Simone Lucciola, Mad Kime, Marco About, Mayo, Nova, Rise Above, Serena Schinaia, Silvia Sicks, and Tommy Gun.

[26] On 8 September 2022, the date of the film's theatrical release, the Margini Fest concert was organized at Parco Schuster in Rome, featuring performances by the Pegs, along with Klaxon, Gli Ultimi, No More Lies, and Iena.