10° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Italian Competition 1992
LU PAPA RICKY
by Renato De Maria
Country: Italy
Year: 1992
Duration: 55'
Lu Papa Ricky is a documentary film produced by Raitre for Anna Amendola's program "Storie Vere" ("True Stories").
"Two new types of emigration intersect and are documented in our story: that typified by Papa Ricky who, in his wanderings, chooses to express himself mainly in the north, even though he draws from his own Salentine origins; and, inversely, that typified by the Sud Sound System who have returned from the north to live in their native land where they want to fulfill their musical projects." (Renato De Maria)
Biography
film director
Renato De Maria
Renato De Maria (1958) grew up in Bologna, where he studied philosophy. In 1980 he started his career as videomaker. He directed Echi d'Occidente (Raiuno, 1983), a sixteen-episode surrealistic miniseries for the program "Mister Fantasy". He produced a dance video series with the Sosta Palmizi contemporary dance company (Raiuno, 1984). That same year he shot six shorts in London and Berlin for the program "0bIadi Oblada". He also works in advertising and won the 1987 Art Director Guild award. He directed a series of shorts (one of which was done with Wim Wenders) for the broadcast "Immagina" (Raiuno, 1989) shot in New York, Washington. Berlin and Frankfurt. In 1989 he produced Raoni's Return for the Rainforest Foundation, a documentary on the Amazon rainforest done with Sting and Raoni, a native American chief. In 1990 and 1991 he wrote and directed various documentaries, he made a videoclip with Vittorio Storianos photography for the Health Ministry, and finally he did the sign-on sequence for the program "Avanzi" and a promotional program for Raitre, "Sapore di Rete".
FILMOGRAFIA
Tapeshow (video, 1980), Trilogy of Banal Life (video, 1981), Stress Terapy (video, 1981), Echi d'Occidente (mini serial TV, 1983), Raoni's Return (doc., 1989), La città parlata (doc., 1990), Matti a parole (doc, 1991), Love is the Answer (videoclip, 1991), Il trasloco - via Marsili 19 (16mm, 1991), Lu Papa Ricky (video, 1992).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Renato De Maria.
Screenplay: Renato De Maria, Giampiero Huber.
Director of photography: Gianfilippo Corticelli.
Music: Papa Ricky, Sud Sound System, Isola Posse.
Sound: Luigi Melchionda.
Editor: Renato De Maria, Emanuele Angiuli.
Cast: Papa Ricky, Ciccillo Povero e signora, Sud Sound System, Century Vox, Isola Posse All Stars, Camacio, Sol Boy, Fucking Camels'n Effect, Salento Posse.
Production company and Italian distribution: Raitre Storie Vere, via Achille Papa 11, Roma, tel. +39-06-3216220 Monochrome, via Asiago 2, Bologna, tel. +39-051-232340.
Screenplay: Renato De Maria, Giampiero Huber.
Director of photography: Gianfilippo Corticelli.
Music: Papa Ricky, Sud Sound System, Isola Posse.
Sound: Luigi Melchionda.
Editor: Renato De Maria, Emanuele Angiuli.
Cast: Papa Ricky, Ciccillo Povero e signora, Sud Sound System, Century Vox, Isola Posse All Stars, Camacio, Sol Boy, Fucking Camels'n Effect, Salento Posse.
Production company and Italian distribution: Raitre Storie Vere, via Achille Papa 11, Roma, tel. +39-06-3216220 Monochrome, via Asiago 2, Bologna, tel. +39-051-232340.
