Giovanni Ciccia Movies

Three friends who have maintained their complex relationships through thick and thin are forced to make a series of life-changing decisions when a figure from their past emerges to issue a troubling ultimatum. Four years ago, Manuel, Efrain, and El Gordo experienced a night of debauchery that would have driven most folks apart. Today all three are living together and attending college, their friendship stronger than ever before. When the trio decides to throw the ultimate end of summer party, however, an escort from Manuel's past emerges to stir things up. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A man studying to be a writer learns some unpleasant lessons about himself in this drama. Alfonso (Giovanni Ciccia) is an aspiring novelist who, as part of his scholarship to a writing program, must take an internship at a tabloid newspaper alongside his girlfriend Nadia (Lucia Jimenez). While Nadia is given a simple office assignment, Alfonso is made an assistant to one of the paper's top writers, Faundez (Gianfranco Brero), which turns out to be a demanding job. With his driver Van Gogh (Carlos Gassols) and his photographer Escalona (Fele Martinez), Faundez heads out each day to collect stories through intimidation and emotional manipulation, and he has no qualms about using sources for his own purposes or passing along stories to his less-industrious significant other, Roxanna (Ynonne Frayssinet). While Alfonso is appalled by Faundez's shaky ethics and cavalier attitude toward women, it also begins to sink in, and when circumstances force Alfonso to take over for Faundez for a while, he's surprised to discover how much he's come to resemble the man he despises. Tinta Roja was based on the novel by Alberto Fuguet. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi