Country: Italy
Year: 1993
Duration: 11'15''
The old man tells the young boy: "This is the story and I want your face to tell it back to me. Do you want to try it?". The old man is a director who suffers because for years by now he has been forced to "keep quiet". The boy goes through with the screen test and is not aware of the pain in the man who is asking him to tell him that strange story the story of an abandoned boy, who is ignored by the crowd that goes up to him, disappoints him, scares him, and then goes by...
Biography
film director
Max Chicco
Max Chicco (Moncalieri, Turin; 1968). 1993 graduate of the Video School for Social Documentation. In 1995 he founded MEIBI Servizi & Consulenze Audiovisive.
Luca Finatti
Luca Finatti (Turin, 1971). Student at the 1993 course of the Video School for Social Documentation, where he completed two student projects - Aris and In silenzio. In 1994 he made the documentary video Amavo la Fiat. In 1995 he received financing from Turin University that enabled him to direct the video university newspaper "Videogrammi". He also made the documentary video C.S.O.A. Gabrio: in cerca di spazi.
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.
Elena Valsania
Elena Valsania (Turin, 1973). Student at the 1993 course of the Video School for Social Documentation. Since 1993 she has worked as a journalist with specific interests in video and film production. She has collaborated in the drafting of screenplays and in the making of investigative reports.
Cast
& Credits
Regia, sceneggiatura, fotografia, montaggio, suono: Massimiliano Chicco, Luca Finatti, Franco Robust, Elena Valsanìa.
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. +39011-4321549.
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. +39011-4321549.