L'UOMO CHE VOLEVA DIVENTARE CANE

Aldo is an old man who lives alone and has let himself go, so much as to think of suicide. A breath of life comes to him In the summer in his completely deserted neighborhood in the form of a young woman. She is a dog-sitter for a dog that she showers affection and attention on. These are the same things that Aldo would like for himself. Day after day, perhaps in the hope of approaching the young woman, Aldo improves his appearance and gets some of his lost dignity back. However, exactly on the day when he puts on his jacket, tie, and Panama hat, the young woman does not come out. Nothing is left for Aldo except to fall once more into his loneliness. Jealous of the dog, he begins to bark like him.

"The protagonist of the film is a man alone, a man who experiences a void, the absence of every human contact. This happens during the summer when the cities empty out and the people who remain are mainly those on the edge of society. However, our protagonist lives through the drama of metaphysical and actual loneliness with great human dignity" (Mohsen Melliti).

Director: Mohsen Melliti.
Screenplay: Gianni Cardillo, Mohsen Melliti.
Director of photography: Sebastiano Bazzini.
Art director: Andrea Fogli.
Editor: Roberta Canepa.
Cast: Roberto Herlitzka, Giulia Mombelli.
Production company: Ready Made, via dei Ramni 24, 00185 Roma, Italia, tel. +39-06-4469757, fax +39-06-6791655.
Co-production: UCCA Associazione Culturale di Cultura Cinematografica.