Country: Italy
Year: 2000
Duration: 20'


A man full of anger enters a church. He laughs to himself, goes towards a priest, and then asks him to hear his confession. He is about to commit a clamorous act that will cool off his anger and that of others like him for a little while.

Biography

film director

Ivano De Matteo

Ivano De Matteo (Rome, Italy, 1971) began his artistic career studying at the theatrical laboratory Il Mulino di Fiora, directed by Perla Peragallo. His documentary Prigionieri di una fede (1999) received a special mention at the 17TH Torino Film Festival, while Barricata San Calisto (2001) competed at various festivals, including Arcipelago and the Rome Film Festival. In 2002, he directed Ultimo stadio, in which he also starred. The film screened at the 25TH Festival du film italien in Villerupt, at the Zoom Festival of Italian Cinema in San Francisco, at the Open Road New Italian Cinema at Lincoln Center in New York and at the Seville Film Festival. He has also received numerous awards for his theatrical activity.

FILMOGRAFIA

Grazietante (cm, 1997), Prigionieri di una fede (cm, doc., 1999), Mentalità Ultras (doc., 2000), ProvocAzione (cm, doc., 2000), Barricata San Calisto (doc., 2001), Ultimo stadio (2002), Codice a sbarre (doc., 2005), Fermata Pigneto (doc., 2006), Sulla zattera (doc., 2006), Pillole di bisogni (cm, 2007), Requiem XIII (doc., 2007), Human Rights for All (ep. Articolo 10, cm, 2008), AMORE 09 (doc., 2009), Niente di personale (2009), La bella gente (2009).

Cast

& Credits

Director and plot: Ivano De Matteo.
Screenplay: Valentina Ferlan.
Director of photography: Nicolas Franik, Mauro Falomi.
Editor: Fulvio Molena.
Music: Band.
Cast: Ivano De Matteo, Julio Solinas, Giuseppe Todaro, Stefano Marzolla, Sebastiano Forti, Giulio Canepom, Carolina Brandes.
Production company: Ivano De Matteo, via Fonteiana 7, 00152 Roma, Italia, tel. +39-06-58334879.
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