Country: Italy
Year: 2001
Duration: 78'
The stories of Maria, Giorgio, and Giuseppe are just some of the many bits of testimony of people ill with Alzheimer's disease. These are the people who find themselves in the peculiar condition of having lost their minds or of "losing their minds" bit by bit. It is the world of the ill, but there are also the people who keep them company - their relatives who, day after day, find themselves watching this loss and seeing those whom they loved and who loved them become people whom they no longer recognize.
"It was a very important experience that allowed me to share and tell of the deep feelings that many family members in Reggio Emilia had disclosed to me with great trust" (Daniele Segre).
Biography
film director
Daniele Segre
Daniele Segre (Alessandria, Italy, 1952) began his career in photography, before debuting as a director in 1976 with the documentary Perché droga. He published the book of photographs Ragazzi di stadio and founded the production company I Cammelli. In 1983, he directed the feature-length fiction movie Testadura, which competed in Venice. It was followed by other films, including Manila Paloma Blanca, Lisetta Carmi - Un’anima in cammino, presented in Venice in 2010, and Sic Fiat Italia, which was presented at the 2011 Torino Film Festival, where in 2014 he also presented Il viaggio di Carlo, in 2015 Morituri and in 2016 Nome di battaglia donna.
FILMOGRAFIA
Perché droga (coregia/codirector Franco Barbaro, mm, doc., 1976), Ragazzi di stadio (mm, doc., 1980), Testadura (1983), Vite di ballatoio (mm, doc., 1984), Manila Paloma Blanca (1992), Come prima, più di prima, t’amerò (mm, doc., 1995), Sto lavorando? (mm, doc., 1998), Via due macelli, Italia - Sinistra senza unità (2000), Volti - Viaggio nel futuro d’Italia (tv, doc., 2002), Vecchie (2002), Mitraglia e il verme (2004), Conversazione a Porto (doc., 2006), Morire di lavoro (doc., 2008), Lisetta Carmi - Un’anima in cammino (mm, doc., 2010), Je m’appelle Morando - Alfabeto Morandini (mm, doc., 2010), Sic Fiat Italia (doc., 2011), Il viaggio di Carlo (cm, doc., 2014), Morituri (2015), Nome di battaglia donna (doc., 2016), Ragazzi di stadio, quarant’anni dopo (doc., 2018)
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura e montaggio: Daniele Segre.
Director of photography: Marco Carosi, Franco Robust.
Sound: Maricetta Lombardo.
Music: Carlo Silotto.
Production company: Azienda USL di Reggio Emilia, via Amendola 2, 42100 Reggio Emilia, Italia, tel. +39-0522-335111.
Co-production: Provincia di Reggio Emilia, Associazione Italiana Malattia di Alzheimer, Assessorato alla Sanit` della Regione Emilia Romagna.
Italian distribution: I Cammmelli srl, via Cantalupo 11, 10141 Torino, Italia, tel. +39-011-3827148, fax +39-011-3825696, e-mail danielesegre@libero.it.
Director of photography: Marco Carosi, Franco Robust.
Sound: Maricetta Lombardo.
Music: Carlo Silotto.
Production company: Azienda USL di Reggio Emilia, via Amendola 2, 42100 Reggio Emilia, Italia, tel. +39-0522-335111.
Co-production: Provincia di Reggio Emilia, Associazione Italiana Malattia di Alzheimer, Assessorato alla Sanit` della Regione Emilia Romagna.
Italian distribution: I Cammmelli srl, via Cantalupo 11, 10141 Torino, Italia, tel. +39-011-3827148, fax +39-011-3825696, e-mail danielesegre@libero.it.