Country: Italy
Year: 1992
Duration: 6'
A woman at home alone again and again hears the telephone ringing, but no one is ever on the other side of the line. She is upset by the subsequent silence of the phone and decides to go out, but just at that moment they ring the doorbell.
"Amid the sounds of the world, the sound of silence can get you scared." (Prospero Bentivenga)
Biography
film director
Prospero Bentivenga
Prospero Bentivenga (Castelsaraceno, Potenza; 1959) is an anthropology student at the Orient University of Naples. Since 1987 he has been editing and directing television and musical films. In 1988 he edited the stock footage projected in the seasons first play at the Little Theater Studio, Elvira e la passione teatrale, directed by Giorgio Strehler. He also edited the documentary film, Bologna 88, produced by the University of Bologna. In 1990 he edited the stock film footage projected in Roberto Cacciapaglia's opera, Un giorno X. which was directed by Gabriele Amadori and shown in world premiere at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, Milan. In 1991 he directed the theatrical monologue, Tragoedia, by and with Carmen Luongo, selected for the Cairo Avantgarde Festival (Egypt). In 1992 he produced and directed the documentary film, L'a'ndenna di Castelsaraceno, which appeared in the XI Bilan du Film Ethnographique at the Musée de l'Homme (Paris). He participated in the staging of the theatrical monologue, Anna. Written by Annibale Ruccello, Anna featured Carmen Luongo and appeared in the International Festival of the Arts, Differenti Sensazioni 9, in Grugliasco (Turin).
FILMOGRAFIA
Cucina bollente (video, 1990), L'a'ndenna di Castelsaraceno (16mm, 1991), Non si fa credito (video, 1991), 8398863 (video, 1992), Prima...
Cast
& Credits
Director: Prospero Bentivenga.
Screenplay: Carmen Luongo.
Director of photography: Nadia Confalonieri.
Music: Joe Jackson.
Sound: Renzo Gamba.
Editor: Prospero Bentivenga, Mauro Salesi.
Cast: Carmen Luongo, Marco Manchisi.
Production company and Italian distribution: Profilm, via Alessi 1, Milano, tel. +39-02-58108670.
Screenplay: Carmen Luongo.
Director of photography: Nadia Confalonieri.
Music: Joe Jackson.
Sound: Renzo Gamba.
Editor: Prospero Bentivenga, Mauro Salesi.
Cast: Carmen Luongo, Marco Manchisi.
Production company and Italian distribution: Profilm, via Alessi 1, Milano, tel. +39-02-58108670.