14° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Feature Film Competition 1996
TERRA DI MEZZO
by Matteo Garrone
Country: Italy
Year: 1996
Duration: 80'
The immigrants are the protagonists of this film. The street, cars, and bargaining are some of the principal features that mark this trilogy, which is at first set in the country near Rome and then inside the city. The very first shots make us notice the separation between the people who are inside the cars and the people who are outside. Some Nigerian prostitutes spend their days sitting on wornout sofas and easy-chairs on side of a street. Albanian boys are recruited to do all types of jobs. At night an Egyptian man fills up his tank with gasoline at a self service gas station unlawfully.
Biography
film director
Matteo Garrone
Matteo Garrone (Rome, Italy, 1968), following in his father’s footsteps, worked very early on as a camera assistant; in 1996 he directed his first short film, Silhouette, which won him a Sacher d’oro, and which was later integrated in his feature film Terra di mezzo. After making a series of documentaries, he made Guests in 1998, another story on immigration that received an award in Venice, followed by Roman Summer (2000), more along the lines of a comedy. The success with the critics followed his two movies on destructive and obsessive love stories, The Embalmer (2002), winner of the David di Donatello award for best script, and First Love (2004). His true consecration came with Gomorrah (2008), an adaptation of Roberto Saviano’s book, and Reality (2012), both of which have been awarded the Grand Prix at the Cannes Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Silhouette (cm, 1996), Terra di mezzo (1996), Bienvenido espirito santo (mm, doc., 1996), Il caso di forza maggiore (cm, 1998), Ospiti (1998), Oreste Pipolo, fotografo di matrimoni (mm, doc., 1998), Estate romana (2000), L’imbalsamatore (2002), Primo amore (2004), Gomorra (2008), Reality (2012).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Matteo Garrone.
Director of photography: Marco Onorato.
Editor: Marco Spoletini.
Sound: Fabio Santesarti.
Cast: Ahmed Mahgoub, Euglen, Gertian, Pascal, Barbara, Tina, Mario Colasanti, Paolo Sassanelli, Guglielmo Ferraiola.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Matteo Garrone, via Barnaba Tortolini 36, 00197 Roma, Italy, tel. +39068088750, fax +3906-8088750.
Director of photography: Marco Onorato.
Editor: Marco Spoletini.
Sound: Fabio Santesarti.
Cast: Ahmed Mahgoub, Euglen, Gertian, Pascal, Barbara, Tina, Mario Colasanti, Paolo Sassanelli, Guglielmo Ferraiola.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Matteo Garrone, via Barnaba Tortolini 36, 00197 Roma, Italy, tel. +39068088750, fax +3906-8088750.
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