17° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Italian Competition 1999 - Non Fiction

VACCARO'S ITALIAN PASTRY SHOP

VACCARO'S ITALIAN PASTRY SHOP
by Alessandra Tantillo
Country: Italy
Year: 1999
Duration: 15'


The story of Gioacchino Vaccaro, who left Palermo for the United States of America in 1954, and of Vaccaro's Italian Pastry Shop, that specializes in cannoli.

"This is a film made of sounds and images. The idea came to me when I was listening to an old tape that Giacchino Vaccaro had recorded in the late 1960s to send his greetings from America to his relatives who had stayed in Italy" (Alessandra Tantillo).

Biography

film director

Alessandra Tantillo

Alessandra Tantillo (Rome, 1971) received a diploma from the Experimental Film School. In 1992 he began to work as assistant to various Italian directors. He has made various documentaries, short films, and music videos.

FILMOGRAFIA

Federico e io (1994, co-regia Chiara Biondi), Pugilistica Noble Art (1997, co-regia Elisa Bolognini), Intorno all'edicola (1998), Vaccaro's Italian Pastry Shop (1999), Il salumificio (doc., 2002).

Cast

& Credits

Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura: Alessandra Tantillo.
Editor: Steafano Pasetto.
Sound: Gianluca Costamagna.
Production company: Scuola Nazionale di Cinema, via Tuscolana 1524, 00100 Roma, Italia, tel. +39-06-722941.

TFF

prizes

SPAZIO TORINO COMPETITION 1999

Second Prize

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