On the beach in a small town on the coast of Lazio, 12-year-old “Macchie di sole is an open story. I wanted to let the spectators enter
Adriana starts a strange game with little Tommaso, a reflection
of the innocence she is soon to lose.
a universe in which they are free to interpret, to construct hypotheses.
A space in which the action isn’t unambiguous, but rather wends
its way among facts and situations that create an enigmatic and
suspended atmosphere. I tried to reduce the expressive force of the
actors to a minimum, subordinating verbal language to body language.
Bodies and faces are the primary vehicles of this story.”
Biography
film director
Stella Di Tocco
Stella di Tocco (Rome, Italy, 1973) graduated in political science from the University la Sapienza of Rome in 2002. That same year she went to Argentina and made the documentary Nora about a female author who is persecuted by the military. In 2003 she moved to Madrid, where she studied directing at ECAM, the film and audiovisual school. She has worked as assistant director on various projects.
FILMOGRAFIA
Nora ( doc., 2001), Passo a due (doc., 2006), Segui la mia voce (doc., 2008), Macchie di sole (cm, 2008).
Cast
& Credits
soggetto/story Stella di Tocco, Enrique Esteve
sceneggiatura/screenplay Enrique Esteve
fotografia/cinematography Piero Basso
montaggio/film editing Julia Mattei
scenografia/production design Ciro Ruggieri
suono/sound Mirko Guerra
interpreti/cast Michela Chiarello, Stefano Bottone, Serena Iansiti, Francesco Siciliano
produzione/production Associazione D.e.p.p.
