Country: Italy
Year: 2002
Duration: 55'
The small port of Pozzuoli holds about thirty small boats. They all belong to fishermen who live in the old part of town and have always earned their livelihood on the sea. One of these is Raffaele, a man of few words, who is respected and feared by all. Cristina, his companion, is a strong and resolute woman, who shares his life, work and love. The two tell the story of their life, the sea, fishing, and boats, but violence, prison and suffering as well. Their love dominates their life, passionate and absolute, violent and tender, revealing authenticity and unimaginable strength.
"Raffaele and Cristina's love is overpowering and volcanic, it seems guided by jealousy and their belief in the inevitability of everyone's personal destiny. Together, Raffaele and Cristina bring to life a sort of èvoice of the people' which is tied to ancient and deeply-rooted values which nobody seems able to alter" (B. Bigoni).
Biography
film director
Bruno Bigoni
(Milan, Italy, 1950) in 1979 was one of the founders of the Filmmaker Festival. In 1983, he and Kiko Stella codirected his first film, Live. In 1987, he directed the documentary Nome di battaglia: Bruno and in 1990, he, Minnie Ferrara, and Kiko Stella founded Minnie Ferrara & Associati. His most recent documentaries include Oggi è un altro giorno; Amleto... frammenti; Faber; Comizi d’amore 2000; Chi mi ha incontrato, non mi ha visto and, in 2017, My War Is Not Over, many of which were presented at the TFF. In 2019 he directed with Francesca Lolli Voglio vivere senza vedermi, presented out of competition at TFF and Filmmaker, Milan. TFF also presented his film Tre donne, di Sylvia Plath, co-directed with Francesca Lolli.
FILMOGRAFIA
(cortometraggi) Spaccati (1979), L’attesa (1980), La magia (1980), Nothing (1985) Nel lago (1986), Nome di battaglia: Bruno (1987), Il mondo chiuso (1988), Confine incerto (1988), Zanzare (1989), Lux interior (1989), Jamaica (1990), Stanza One-Eleven (1991), Le lacrime amare di Petra (1992), L’origine della ferita (1994), Oggi è un altro giorno (doc, 1995), Belli sciallati (1996), Il cerchio (1996), L’agnello di Dio (1996), Nothing is Real - Appunti su Nirvana (co-regia Giuseppe Baresi, doc,1996), Amleto... frammenti (1997), Scene da Pinocchio (1998), In tutto questo niente (co-regia Collettivo 57 dello IULM di Milano, 2012), Fino a quando l’ultimo - Sulcis, storia di una resistenza operaia (2018). (documentari) Italia ‘90 - Lavori in corso (1990), Faber, co-regia Romano Giuffrida (1999), Comizi d’amore 2000 (2000), I sogni degli Elfi - Viaggio nella storia del Teatro dell’Elfo (2000), Cuori all’assalto - Storia di Raffaele e Cristina (2003), Riccardo (2004), Chiamami Mara (2005), Don Chisciotte e... (2006), L’attimo assoluto (2009), Il colore del vento (2010), Milano 55,1 - Cronaca di una settimana di passioni (2011), Sull’anarchia (2014), Chi mi ha incontrato, non mi ha visto (2016), My War Is Not Over (2017). (lungometraggi) Live, co-regia con Kiko Stella (1983), Occasioni di shopping (ep. Provvisorio quasi d’amore, 1988), Veleno (1993), Illuminazioni (2004), Voglio vivere senza vedermi (co-regia con Francesca Lolli, 2019), Tre donne, di Sylvia Plath (co-regia con Francesca Lolli, 2021), Cinque stanze (2022).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura: Bruno Bigoni.
Director of photography: Anna Bianco.
Music: Paolo Dal Monte.
Editor: Luciano Larotonda.
Produzione, distribuzione: Minnie Ferrara per Minnie Ferrara & Associati, via Bixio 45, 20129 Milano, Italia, tel. + 39-02-2049138 , fax +39-02-2049681, www.minnie-ferrara.it, e-mail minnie.ferrara@agora.it; Stefano Mordini per Kamera Film, c/o La Palazzina, via Quaini 14, 40026 Imola (Bologna), Italia, tel. +39-0542-32755 e +39-0542-32421, fax +39 954222345, www.kamerafilm.it, e-mail kamerafilm@libero.it.
Co-production: Telepiù, Milano, Italia.
Director of photography: Anna Bianco.
Music: Paolo Dal Monte.
Editor: Luciano Larotonda.
Produzione, distribuzione: Minnie Ferrara per Minnie Ferrara & Associati, via Bixio 45, 20129 Milano, Italia, tel. + 39-02-2049138 , fax +39-02-2049681, www.minnie-ferrara.it, e-mail minnie.ferrara@agora.it; Stefano Mordini per Kamera Film, c/o La Palazzina, via Quaini 14, 40026 Imola (Bologna), Italia, tel. +39-0542-32755 e +39-0542-32421, fax +39 954222345, www.kamerafilm.it, e-mail kamerafilm@libero.it.
Co-production: Telepiù, Milano, Italia.