19° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
DOC 2001 Competition

SOCIALMENTE PERICOLOSI

A DANGER TO SOCIETY

Country: Italy
Year: 2001
Duration: 65'


This is the story of killers, maniacs, and other persons who have been taken out of society. They are gathered in the cells and hallways of the Aversa Judiciary Psychiatric Hospital. We see the images, the faces, and the memories of the unfortunate people who are living out their lives inside an all-encompassing institution.

"Insanity exists. It is useless to pretend that nothing is wrong, to try to contain the problem within hybrid institutions that are halfway between prisons and hospitals. Civil society has the duty to come up with adequate solutions that can guarantee a kind of recuperation for everyone, even for those people who are at the point where they have to make an effort to recognize themselves" (Fabrizio Lazzaretti).

Biography

film director

Fabrizio Lazzaretti

Fabrizio Lazzaretti (Rome, 1966) began to work in 1984 in London as a freelance director for the London RAI affiliate and for several other stations there. In 1986 he continued this activity for the RAI Corporation when he moved to New York. In 1991 he moved back to Italy where he produced almost all of his work for RAI 3, directing 16 episodes of the program, Report, in 1999 and 2000.

FILMOGRAFIA

Viaterra (1995), Drug Stories (1997), Vivo a Fang (1997), Giro d'Italia a vela (1997), La vittoria a tutti i costi (1998), Crucifige (1998), Le voci fuori (1998), Jung nella terra dei Mujaheddin (1999/2000), Socialmente pericolosi (2001).

Cast

& Credits

Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura e fotografia: Fabrizio Lazzaretti.
Sound: Filippo Previati.
Editor: Giuseppe Petitto.
Production company and Italian distribution: Giuseppe Petitto per Karousel Films, via Mameli 12, 00153 Roma, Italia, tel. e fax +39-06-5814191, www.karousel.org, e-mail production@karousel.org.
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