18° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Italian Competition 2000

LA SPIAGGIA

THE BEACH
by Alessandra Celesia
Country: Italy
Year: 2000
Duration: 3' 32''


A man comes out f the sand. A woman cmes out of the sea. The shrimp sing and the waves carry everything away.

Biography

film director

Alessandra Celesia

is an Italian director who lives between Paris and Belfast. After studying modern literature and theater, she directed in 2006 the documentary Luntano, first collaboration with Michel David (Zeugma Films). In 2011, she directed The Bookseller of Belfast, co-produced by Arte. In 2013, Anatomia del miracolo premiered at Cinéma du Réel, and the received an Étoile de la Scam in 2017.

FILMOGRAFIA

Salaam Aosta (doc., 2000), La spiaggia (2000), Orti (doc, cm, 2001), Luntano (doc, mm, 2006), 89, avenue de Flandres (doc, 2008), Il libraio di Belfast (doc, mm, 2011), Mirage à l’italienne (doc, 2013), Un temps pour danser (doc, mm, 2016), La visite (doc, cm, 2016), Anatomia del miracolo (doc, 2017), Come il bianco (doc, cm, 2020), La meccanica delle cose (doc, 2023).

Cast

& Credits

Regia, soggetto e sceneggiatura: Alessandra Celesia.
Director of photography: Alessandra Celesia, John McDuff.
Editor: Guillaume Le Du.
Sound: Laurent Savagnac, Sophie Bommart.
Music: Tatjana Mladenovitch.
Cast: Conor Toal, Alessandra Celesia.
Production company: Alessandra Celesia, 16 avenue des Flandres, 75019 Parigi, Francia, tel. e fax +33-1-40343667, e-mail alemac@free.fr
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