Country: Italy, Bolivia
Year: 2008
Duration: 25'
The shoeshine boy Paceño Diego Ortiz is missing his left foot. One day “One of the main characteristics of shoeshine boys who live and work
he runs into a peddler who goes from village to village accompanied
by his talking rooster, whose sounds he seems able to interpret.
Encouraged by the words of the peddler, who insists that his gamecock
knows where the foot is hidden, the shoeshine boy goes on a long
voyage through the Andes in search of his missing extremity.
in the city of La Paz is their balaclava. They wear them to protect
themselves from the cold and to keep passersby from recognizing them.
Another typical character of Bolivian society is the pacpacu, who
is a peddler, a doctor, a pharmacist and a magician all in one. They go
from village to village before ending up in the cities, selling unguents,
essences and healing substances they extract from the animals that live
in their suitcases: serpents or iguanas. The peddler in Chi si ferma è
perduto is based on the sinister figure of the pacpacu, with the talking
rooster taking the place of the reptiles.”
Biography
film director
Giacomo Cesari
Giacomo Cesari (Recanati, Macerata, Italy, 1983) after graduating from La Sapienza University in Rome, directed three short films in 2003, Keymind, Dna and Socks, which were presented at the festivals of Bellaria, Pescara and Salerno. In 2004 he made Elettronici marci a spasso su Babele, which was selected to compete at Bologna, Ischia and Bra. The next year, he made the animated film Cleopatra, which was selected by the Arcipelago Film Festival. In 2006 he followed the Les Kamikazes Circus Company to Mexico and made the documentary The Burning Wake, which won the Avanti! Award at the 24TH Torino Film Festival. After Mexico he continued on to Bolivia, where he directed Andes Theatre, and then to Guatemala, where he made the documentary Fuego Blanco (2007).
FILMOGRAFIA
Keymind (cm, 2002), Dna (cm, 2002), Socks (cm, 2002), Sonic Sofa (cm, 2003), Gum (2003), Elettronici marci a spasso su Babele (2004), Verso dove (doc., 2004), Tanto (cm, 2005), Cleopatra (2005), The Burning Wake (cm, 2006), Hojo Izquierdo (cm, 2006), Andes Theatre (cm, doc., 2007), Fuego Blanco (doc., 2007), Chi si ferma è perduto (cm, 2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura, montaggio, produttore/director, screenplay, film editing, producer Giacomo Cesari
fotografia/cinematography John Fitzgerald
scenografia, costumi/production design, costume design Judy Rojas
musica/music Marco Fagotti
suono/sound Marco Fagotti, Giacomo Cesari
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Diego Ortiz (il lustrascarpe/Shoeshine), Daniel Larrazabal (il pacpacu), Ricardo Selaes Quispe, José Mamani, Ovidio Ayma, Grober López (i prigionieri/Prisoners)
fotografia/cinematography John Fitzgerald
scenografia, costumi/production design, costume design Judy Rojas
musica/music Marco Fagotti
suono/sound Marco Fagotti, Giacomo Cesari
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Diego Ortiz (il lustrascarpe/Shoeshine), Daniel Larrazabal (il pacpacu), Ricardo Selaes Quispe, José Mamani, Ovidio Ayma, Grober López (i prigionieri/Prisoners)