Country: USA
Year: 2002
Duration: 160'
This documentary, which was
filmed in Tampa, Florida, focuses on the American judiciary system concerning
domestic violence. Inside the courtroom, the judges listen to the dramatic cases
of various couples: arguments for release or bail, the places and times for
visits by relatives, sentences based on the guilt, the possibility of
redemption. Using his attentive documentary eye, Wiseman reveals the inadequacy
of the legislative system.
"My aim as a director was to bring the
spectator closer to the complexity of reality, not to try to simplify it"
(Frederick Wiseman).
Biography
film director
Frederick Wiseman
Frederick Wiseman was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1930. After studying law at Yale, he became a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and worked as a researcher at the University of Boston, Brandeis and Harvard. In 1967 he decided to dedicate himself to cinema and started making independent documentaries. In 1970 he founded Zipporah Films, which distributes his work. He continued his academic research, has obtained numerous recognitions and has published books and magazine articles. Wiseman is also active in theater.
FILMOGRAFIA
Titicut Follies (1967), High School (1969), Law and Order (1969), Hospital (1970), Basic Training (1971), Essene (1972), Jouvenil Court (1973), Primate (1974), Welfare (1975), Meat (1976), Canal Zone (1977), Sinai Field Mission (1978), Manoeuvre (1979), Model (1980), Seraphita's Diary (1980), The Store (1983), Racetrack (1985), Blind (1986), Multi-Handicapped (1986), Adjustment and Work (1986), Deaf (1986), Missile (1986), Central Park (1989), Near Death (1989), Aspen (1991), Zoo (1993), Hight School II (1994), Ballet (1995), La Comédie Français ou l'Amour Joué (1996), Public Housing (1997), Belfast, Maine (1999), Domestic Violence (2001), Domestic Violence II
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto,
sceneggiatura, montaggio, produttore/Director, story, screenplay, film
editor, producer: Frederick Wiseman
Fotografia/Director of photography: John Davey
Produzione, distribuzione, vendita all'estero/Production, distribution, foreign sales agent: Zipporah Films
Fotografia/Director of photography: John Davey
Produzione, distribuzione, vendita all'estero/Production, distribution, foreign sales agent: Zipporah Films