14° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Sacher Festival 1 - A Selection

LA SCALA POGGIATA ALLA LUNA

THE LADDER LEANING ON THE MOON

Country: Italy
Year: 1996
Duration: 20'


The formation of a chorus inside of a therapeutic community for young psychotics, the Comunit` Terapeutica Maieusis. During the rehearsals, several of the youths tell their experiences to the director and thus sketch out an unprecedented fresco of the discontent of the youth.

Biography

film director

Alberto Simone

Alberto Simone (Messina, 1956) lives and works in Rome. His professional career path is located entirely inside the field of communication. He is the creator of numerous publicity campaigns. He followed his calling for direction through a path made up of experiences in writing, editing, script-editing, and, finally, the directing of commercials that were mainly of a social or institutional nature. He works as screenwriter with RAI 1. In 1995, he debuted as film director with his feature film, Colpo di luna.

FILMOGRAFIA

Colpo di luna (1995), La scala poggiata alla luna (1996).

Cast

& Credits

Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura e montaggio: Alberto Simone.
Director of photography: Roberto Benvenuti.
Cast: Giovanni, Adriano, Marco, Filippo, Luisa.
Production company: Dauphine, via Licinia 14, 00153 Roma, tel. +39065755503, fax +39065755504.
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