Country: Italy
Year: 2002
Duration: 30'
The Tute Bianche are the rebel sons of economic globalization, their only weapons are plastic and words protesting against the Empire's domineering attitude. They are the speakers for the "invisible ones", the ghosts, those who have no representation and no rights. Against the background of the social center Rivolta, amongst the factories of north-eastern Italy, the documentary tells the story of the most original and controversial group of the Italian no-global archipelago, using the words of Luca Casarini, Beppe Caccia and other former Tute Bianche, and featuring previously unseen images from their archives. All the voices are from within the movement, they recall the stages of their journey, from Italy to the Chiapas, all the way to the days in Genoa, where the Tute Bianche removed their uniforms forever and declared their disobedience.
"I tried to tell the story of this movement from its most significant territory, the North-East of Luca Casarini, but the initial project that Arte had proposed to me (to follow an Italian group of no-globals as they prepare new strategies for the 2001 WTO meeting) was dramatically changed by the days in Genoa, which shifted the axis of the story, to a before and an after of the movement. In this way, it became necessary to tie the present of the Tute Bianche to a journey into their past" (A. Marena).
Biography
film director
Adonella Marena
Adonella Marena (Ozegna, Turin, 1949) is a former history teacher. In the 1980's she was involved with the diffusion of women's cinema in the Gruppo Comunicazione Visiva. Since 1989 she has been making short- and medium-length films directly inspired by the reality of her most important experiences in social work. Her favorite themes are: women, immigration, the environment. Her film language tends towards experimentation in mixed genres, between fiction and documentaries. She has participated many times at the Festival Cinema Giovani and in 1994 won the Turin Space Competition, in 1996 in the Italian Competition, she received the Commissione Pari Oportunità prize and a special mention for the Cipputi prize.
FILMOGRAFIA
Il megalite (1989), Bambine di Palestina (1990), Il colore delle differenze (1992), Okoi e semi di zucca (1994), RighibÈ a Torino (1996), Facevo le nugatine (1996), Il cascinotto (1997), La combattente (1998), La fabbrica degli animali (1999), Anime di città (2000), Mobilitebio: quando la terra è in vendita (2000), Tute bianche, un esercito di sognatori (2002).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura: Adonella Marena.
Director of photography: Alberto Airola.
Sound: Fabio Coggiola.
Music: 99 Posse, Fabio Viana, Bandabardñ.
Editor: Marco Duretti/Zenit Torino.
Cast: Luca Casarini, Beppe Caccia.
Production company: Stefilm, via Berthollet 44, 10125 Torino, Italia, tel. +39-011-6680017, fax +39-011-6680003, www.stefilm.it, e-mail info@stefilm.it; Eikon per Zdf Arte.
Director of photography: Alberto Airola.
Sound: Fabio Coggiola.
Music: 99 Posse, Fabio Viana, Bandabardñ.
Editor: Marco Duretti/Zenit Torino.
Cast: Luca Casarini, Beppe Caccia.
Production company: Stefilm, via Berthollet 44, 10125 Torino, Italia, tel. +39-011-6680017, fax +39-011-6680003, www.stefilm.it, e-mail info@stefilm.it; Eikon per Zdf Arte.