17° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Italian Competition 1999 - Non Fiction
VACCARO'S ITALIAN PASTRY SHOP
by Alessandra Tantillo
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
Editor: Steafano Pasetto.
Sound: Gianluca Costamagna.
Production company: Scuola Nazionale di Cinema, via Tuscolana 1524, 00100 Roma, Italia, tel. +39-06-722941.