Country: Italy
Year: 1993
Duration: 10'15''
Porta Palazzo in Turin. Every summer it is the natural stage of a curious performance that is interpreted by peopleactors who auction off their watermelons in order to earn a living. "Today we have both ham and prosciutto". The voices alternate, the watermelons fly by and the young Moroccan men sing as if they were on a cotton plantation, as they pass the watermelon crates from hand to hand.
Biography
film director
Franco Robust
Franco Robust (Castellamare di Stabia, Naples; 1970). Student at the 1993 course of the Video School for Social Documentation. As camera person, he participated in all the Productions of the I Cammelli school directed by Daniele Segre from 1994 to the present.
Davide Sordella
Davide Sordella starts to study documentary in Italy with Daniele Segre. After his studies he leaves Italy and goes to Bolivia, over there he teaches the use of video and directs several documentaries. After six years in Latin America he decides to come back to Europe, he completes his studies at London International Film School directing three short movies. He is actually working as scriptwriter for a feature lenght movie.
FILMOGRAFIA
Crotone (1993), Il re dei cocomeri (1993), La marcha de los fantasmas (1994), Socavon sin salida (1995), Misiones de chiquitos (1996), Yawar (lm, 1996), Tattoos (1999), The End (cm, 2000), Memoirs of a Song (cm, 2001), It's Not Me, It's Not You? (cm, 2002).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, sceneggiatura, fotografia, montaggio e suono: Franco Robust e Davide Sordella.
Production company: Scuola Video di Documentazione Sociale "I Cammelli", via Cordero di Pamparato, 10143 Torino, tel. +39011747948, fax +390117710438.
Co-production: Fondo Sociale Europeo Regione Piemonte, Assessorato Lavoro e Formazione Professionale, via Magenta 12, 10128 Torino, tel. +390114321549.
Production company: Scuola Video di Documentazione Sociale "I Cammelli", via Cordero di Pamparato, 10143 Torino, tel. +39011747948, fax +390117710438.
Co-production: Fondo Sociale Europeo Regione Piemonte, Assessorato Lavoro e Formazione Professionale, via Magenta 12, 10128 Torino, tel. +390114321549.