Country: Italy
Year: 1994
Duration: 16'10''


In an apartment in the city, a man is suffering terribly from the heat. He cannot manage to sleep because of some noises and he talks to himself. A salesman on the telephone tries to pawn off an air conditioner on him, but the man gets annoyed and disconnects the telephone. He finally falls asleep. He is waken up again by a neighbor who is ringing his doorbell. The man chases him away in a really bad way, but the neighbor shows up two more times. The third time he does this, the man, exasperated, shoots him. After the killing, the man lets his thoughts wander freely, but the doorbell rings again...

Biography

film director

Ago S. Panini

Ago S. Panini (Turin, 1967) received a diploma from the LTS.O.S., Milan, in Linguistic Communication and a university degree in film history and criticism from the liberal arts faculty of the University of Pavia. On several occasions he worked as assistant director with Gianpaolo Tescari and Guido Giansoldati. In 1992 he founded the independent production house, Outtatime, together with Luca Lucini and Sandro Bolzoni. In 1994 he began to work with FilmMaster. Milan, for whom he has directed commercials and video clips. His many video productions include: Fly Down (1992), Predatori d'immagine (1992), Extrema (1992), Coppi (1992), L'Universo (1992), Shade (1993), Tempo cardiaco (1993), Tiziano Cavaliere (1993), Sylvester's Death (1993), Brucia (1994), Saci Perere (1994), Kaos Lord (1994), Fabrizio Consoli (1994), Bracco di Graci (1994) and Heat (1994).

Cast

& Credits

Director, screenplay and editor: Ago S. Panini.
Director of photography: Sandro Bolzoni.
Sound: Marco Longeri.
Cast: Alessandro Del Bianco, Aldo Cassano, Irina Galli.
Production company: Ago S. Panini e Outtatime, via Properzio 4, 20135 Milano, tel. +39-02-55010587, fax +39-02-55010587 - Luca Lucini, piazza Gerusalemme, 20154 Milano, tel. +39-02-33603589, fax +39-02-55010587.
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