The Seed of Discord
Directed by	Pappi Corsicato
Written by	Heinrich von Kleist (Novel), Massimo Gaudioso, Pappi Corsicato
Produced by	Marco Poccioni, Marco Valsania
Starring	Caterina Murino Alessandro Gassmann Martina Stella Michele Venitucci Valeria Fabrizi Isabella Ferrari
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by	Giogiò Franchini
Production companies	Rodeo Drive, Medusa Film, Sky Cinema
Release date	5 September 2008 (2008-09-05)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Budget	300,000 €
Box office	674,151 €

The Seed of Discord (Italian: Il seme della discordia) is a 2008 Italian film. The film is a modernisation of Heinrich von Kleist's novel The Marquise of O.^[1] It was entered into the main competition at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.

Plot

A married and faithful Italian woman finds herself pregnant the same day her husband is discovered to be sterile. In the original sound track is included a famous song of Sixties: the Mina's version of Canta Ragazzina

Cast

• Caterina Murino – Veronica
• Alessandro Gassman – Mario
• Martina Stella – Nike
• Valeria Fabrizi – Veronica's mother
• Michele Venitucci – Gabriele
• Angelo Infanti – Veronica's father
• Lucilla Agosti – Dancer
• Iaia Forte – Lover
• Monica Guerritore – Doctor
• Rosalia Porcaro – Lover
• Isabella Ferrari – Monica
• Eleonora Pedron – Gabriele's girlfriend

Production

Caterina Murino said it was very difficult for her to play the shower scene. "I wanted my body completely covered in foam, of all kinds, whipped with a whisk to make it more solid and water resistant but eventually there is little left of it".^[2]