A young killer, a father rabbit, a lunar mother, a dancing dog, a woman slug,
the police-nuns... All characters and facts of this film are fictitious; the
places exist and belong to the center-east side of Italy, between Marche and
Romagna, the Apennines and the Adriatic sea, called the "small Russia."
Biography
film director
Gianluigi Toccafondo
Gianluigi Toccafondo (San Marino, 1965) graduates at the Art Institute in Urbino in 1985. In 1987 he moves to Milano and works with Mixfilm. Two years later, he makes his first short film La coda, winner at the Festival di Lucca in 1990. Since 1992 he has been making film and TV trailers, commercials and exhibits his works in Italy, France, USA and Japan. In 1993 he makes the short film Le criminel reaching the finals at Cartoon d'Or in 1995. He works for many magazines, like "Linea d'ombra," "Lo straniero," "Internazionale," "Mano," "Abitare," "Teléma."
FILMOGRAFIA
La coda (cm, 1989), La pista (co-regia Simona Mulazzini, cm, 1991), La pista del maiale (cm, 1992), Le criminel (cm, 1993), I bambini e la TV (cm, 1995), Pinocchio (cm, 1999), Essere morti o essere vivi è la stessa cosa (cm, 2000), La piccola Russia (cm, 2004).