11° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Italian Competition 1993 - Non Fiction
MATERA O LA MEMORIA RIMOSSA
Country: Italy
Year: 1993
Duration: 15'
The story of the "sassi" of Matera, which were abandoned in the 1950's after the De Gasperi's evacuation decree, is told through the personal recollections of those who have actually lived through that emblematic and traumatic passage from peasant to lowermiddleclass culture.
«Matera is a first in a series of documentaries that aim to tell the story of the development of Italy from the postwar period through the present, of the loss of its roots, and, by implication, of the present lack of balance. The series aims to do this by focusing on the histories of several particular places. The project is now in the phase of screenwriting." (Maria Venezia)
Biography
film director
Maria Venezia
Maria Venezia (Matera, 1961) graduated from DAMS at Bologna. She moved to France, first settling in Montpellier and then in Paris, where she worked as assistant director for the theater, "La Péniche Opéra". She made two series of radio documentaries for French national television - Il rosso e il verde: l'Italia dall'impegno politico all'ecologia and Qui, altrove, dappertutto e da nessuna parte. She published two books of poetry in France - Vocalità, scherzi e abbellimenti and Viatico. In 1988-89 She attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, specializing in screenwriting.
FILMOGRAFIA
Matera o la memoria rimossa (1992-93), Una come tante (1995).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Maria Venezia.
Director of photography: Tarek Ben Abdallah.
Music: Nicola Sani.
Sound: Luigi Melchionda.
Editor: Luca Benedetti.
Production company: Axelotil, via Amerigo Vespucci 24, 00153 Roma, tel. +39-06-5742998.
Director of photography: Tarek Ben Abdallah.
Music: Nicola Sani.
Sound: Luigi Melchionda.
Editor: Luca Benedetti.
Production company: Axelotil, via Amerigo Vespucci 24, 00153 Roma, tel. +39-06-5742998.