Country: Italy
Year: 2008
Duration: 71'
Luca, nearing his fifties, decides to get back into rugby, an old passion “When we saw the first cuts of the film, on the screen flowed images
of his, by training with a team by the name of the All Reds. The sport
is one of the many athletic activities offered by Acrobax, a squat created
within the occupied facilities of the old Cinodromo of Rome.
The experience brings him to face two tragedies: the deaths of two
young Acrobax boys. Antonio, killed because of an accident at work,
and Renato, who according to the courts was killed during a trivial
argument but in the opinion of family and witnesses was assassinated
during an aggressive and premeditated political act.
that were sometimes intimate, always problematic, but also
entertaining and lively, of a group of boys struggling against housing
and working problems and with the ups and downs of their newborn
rugby team: a never before seen story outside any previously
experienced schematic. Then... an abrupt detour, the exposition of
Antonio’s death and Renato’s assassination... ferocious and dramatic
events that force us to reflect and wonder even after the film is over.”
Biography
film director
Luca Gasparini
Luca Gasparini (Bergamo, Italy, 1958) graduated in film history and critique; he has worked on the editing of films by various directors, including Guido Chiesa, Daniele Gaglianone, Daria Menozzi, Giovanna Taviani, Davide Ferrario, Daniele Vicari and Vincenzo Marra. He has taught at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and is a member of the Italian Film Academy.
FILMOGRAFIA
Luca Gasparini:
Orizzonti di gloria (coregia/codirector Luca Pastore, cm, 1985), Tempi moderni. CCCP Fedeli alla linea (mm, 1989), Bajram (coregia/codirector Daniele Vicari, cm, 1999), Passano i soldati (mm, 2001), Al momento giusto. Scuola popolare di musica di Testaccio (2005).
Luca Gasparini, Alberto Masi:
Uso improprio (doc., 2008).
Alberto Masi
Alberto Masi (Bologna, Italy, 1958) is getting his degree in film editing at the
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He has worked as a film editor on the TV miniseries directed by Guido Chiesa Quo vadis, baby? and in 2005 co-directed the documentary Il manuale del giovane zombie with Renato Gagliano and Davide Pernicano.
FILMOGRAFIA
Alberto Masi:
Il manuale del giovane zombie (coregia/codirectors Renato Gagliano, Davide Pernicano, doc., 2005).
Luca Gasparini, Alberto Masi:
Uso improprio (doc., 2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura, montaggio, coproduzione/directors, screenplay, film editing, coproduction Luca Gasparini, Alberto Masi
fotografia/cinematography Pablo Pinedo Bovéda, Alberto Masi
musica/music Francesco Gatti
suono/sound Alessio Costantino, Alessandro Bianchi
produttore/producer Francesca Zanza
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales Vivo film
fotografia/cinematography Pablo Pinedo Bovéda, Alberto Masi
musica/music Francesco Gatti
suono/sound Alessio Costantino, Alessandro Bianchi
produttore/producer Francesca Zanza
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales Vivo film
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