Country: Italy
Year: 2003
Duration: 12


Maria Jesus is a docu-film: the real story of a Peruvian woman (playing herself) in the hands of the immigrants dealers.

"We have always been interested in exploring the boundaries between reality, memory and fiction, starting from daily stories and dramas, often invisible. Maria Jesus lives again through her drama, she reinvents it in front of the camera and, playing her memories, elaborates another time a personal and collective tragedy. The film is like a confession, intimate and silent, between her and us, between Maria and her audience" (M. De Serio).


"Maria Jesus is something between the reportage of an event and the tale of the memory of the same event. Timing of the event and timing of memory gradually match: Maria cries for what is happening to her (playing, in fiction), and together with the memory of what has really happened to her. I believe this is the real advantage of working with non-professional actors who really put themselves at play - and the "truth" they have inside - of course" (G. De Serio).

Biography

film director

Gianluca De Serio

Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio (Torino, Italy, 1978) have worked together since 1999, making shorts and documentaries, including Il giorno del santo, Maria Jesus, Mio fratello Yang, Zakaria, Ensi e Shade, Rew e Shade and L’esame di Xhodi. The films have been presented at many international festivals and received several awards, including three Silver Ribbons, the International prize for best film at Oberhausen and Edinburgh and nominations for two David di Donatellos and for the European Academy Award. Since 2007, they have been working as artists at the Guido Costa Projects gallery. Their film Bakroman won the prize for best documentary at the 2010 Torino Film Festival. Sette opera di Misericordia, their first feature fiction film, previewed at Locarno.

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia/filmography

Poche cose (cm, 2001), Il giorno del santo (cm, 2002), Maria Jesus (cm, 2003), Mio fratello Yang (cm, 2004), Zakaria (cm, 2005), Neverending Maria Jesus (cm, 2006), Ensi e Shade (cm, 2006), Rew e Shade (cm, 2006), Raige e Shade (cm, 2006), Tanatologia, 14 maggio 1958 (cm, doc., 2007), L’esame di Xhodi (doc., 2007), Bakroman (doc., 2010), Dialoghi del Lys (mm, 2010), Sette opere di misericordia (2011). 

Massimiliano De Serio

Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio (Torino, Italy, 1978) have worked together since 1999, making shorts and documentaries, including Il giorno del santo, Maria Jesus, Mio fratello Yang, Zakaria, Ensi e Shade, Rew e Shade and L’esame di Xhodi. The films have been presented at many international festivals and received several awards, including three Silver Ribbons, the International prize for best film at Oberhausen and Edinburgh and nominations for two David di Donatellos and for the European Academy Award. Since 2007, they have been working as artists at the Guido Costa Projects gallery. Their film Bakroman won the prize for best documentary at the 2010 Torino Film Festival. Sette opera di Misericordia, their first feature fiction film, previewed at Locarno.

 

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia/filmography

Poche cose (cm, 2001), Il giorno del santo (cm, 2002), Maria Jesus (cm, 2003), Mio fratello Yang (cm, 2004), Zakaria (cm, 2005), Neverending Maria Jesus (cm, 2006), Ensi e Shade (cm, 2006), Rew e Shade (cm, 2006), Raige e Shade (cm, 2006), Tanatologia, 14 maggio 1958 (cm, doc., 2007), L’esame di Xhodi (doc., 2007), Bakroman (doc., 2010), Dialoghi del Lys (mm, 2010), Sette opere di misericordia (2011). 

Cast

& Credits

Regia/Director: Massimiliano e Gianluca De Serio
Soggetto, scenaggiatura/Story, screenplay: Massimiliano e Gianluca De Serio, Michela Farò
Fotografia/Director of photography: Piero Basso
Scenografia/Set design: Simona Goitre
Montaggio/Film editor: Stefano Cravero
Suono/Sound: Sonia Portoghese, Mirko Guerra
Interpreti e personaggi/Cast and characters: Maria Jesus, Jenny Perez Alagon, Annarita Letizia, Katia Aramillo, Elvira Diaz, Milagros La Riva
Produzione/ProductionGianluca e Massimiliano De Serio

TFF

prizes

KODAK SHORT FILM AWARD 2003

Best Italian Short Film

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