21° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Doc 2003 Out of Competition
Storie di calcio. Le domeniche del signor Mantaut
Country: Italy
Year: 2003
Duration: 23
A tale of stubbornness and
attachment to life. Why choose to go to the stadium when I can't see the game
due to a physical handicap and not listen to it at the radio? Because of an
"electricity" problem; besides the sight problem, being in the stadium, for
Mister Mantaut, allows him to live the event listening to people rejoicing,
becoming silent, insulting, getting angry, being silent again. This tale of his
habit as a faithful fan is also an occasion to tell other things, like the
relationship with his own body and with the rest of the world, the perception of
things, past and present, his own memory.
"This documentary came to life
thanks to the initiative of Gianluca Arcopinto, related to five documentaries
called Storie di calcio. The idea was to face the universe of soccer from
unusual point of views, choosing stories and characters who had a relation with
that sport and that allowed to speak about something else, too. I had heard
about this blind man who used to go to the stadium to follow the games of
Torino. I have got in touch with him and he has accepted to make this
documentary with me" (D. Gaglianone).
Biography
film director
Daniele Gaglianone
(Ancona, 1966) in 1991 began collaborating with the National Film Archives of the Italian Resistance. After the short La ferita (1991), which received a prize at Turin’s Festival Cinema Giovani, he debuted in feature films with I nostri anni (Our Years), selected for the Quinzaine des réalisateurs in Cannes. In 2004, with his film Nemmeno il destino (Changing Destiny), he won the Tiger Award in Rotterdam. With Rata neće biti (la guerra non ci sarà), in 2008 he won a Special Jury Prize at the Torino Film Festival and a David di Donatello for best documentary. In 2009, he made Pietro, his third fiction feature film, presented in competition in Locarno, and in 2011 Ruggine (Rust), presented at the Giornate degli Autori in Venice, as was La mia classe (My Class, 2013). In 2014, his documentary Qui, was presented at the Torino Film Festival,and in 2016, he made the short film Granma with the Nigerian filmmaker Alfie Nze, presented at Locarno. That same year, he made the short Joy, presented in Venice. The following year, he shot the TV documentary Sorelle d’Italia and presented in Turin Dove bisogna stare. In 2019, with Lina Fucà and Paolo Leonardo, he inaugurated the exhibit Solo da bambini at the Fondazione Merz in Turin. He also teaches and directs plays with the group Il BuioFuori.
FILMOGRAFIA
Nella solitudine del sangue (cm, 1990), Era meglio morire da piccoli (cm, 1992), L’orecchio ferito del piccolo comandante (cm, 1994), La carne sulle ossa (cm, 1996), I nostri anni (2000), Le domeniche del Signor Mantaut (doc., 2003), Nemmeno il destino (2004), Alle soglie della sera (doc., 2005), Rata neće biti (la guerra non ci sarà) (doc., 2008), Pietro (2009), Ruggine (2011), La mia classe (2013), Qui (doc., 2014), Granma (coregia Alfie Nze, mm, doc., 2017), Dove bisogna stare (doc., 2018), Sorelle d’Italia (tv, doc, 2018), Il tempo rimasto (doc, 2021).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, sceneggiatura/Director, screenplay: Daniele Gaglianone
Fotografia/Director of photography: Gherardo Gossi
Montaggio/Film editor: Monica Affatato
Musica, suono/Music, sound: Giuseppe Napoli
Interpreti/Cast: Luciano Mantaut
Produttore/Producer: Micaela Fusco
Produzione/Production: Intramovies/Pablo
Fotografia/Director of photography: Gherardo Gossi
Montaggio/Film editor: Monica Affatato
Musica, suono/Music, sound: Giuseppe Napoli
Interpreti/Cast: Luciano Mantaut
Produttore/Producer: Micaela Fusco
Produzione/Production: Intramovies/Pablo