bakroman In moré, the language spoken in Burkina Faso, the term “bakroman” means “street child.” There are over six hundred children living on the streets of Ouagadougou, the capital of the country, without anything to eat or a place to sleep. And yet, to defend their rights and nurture their hopes, they have united in a sort of union which seems to give strength to the possibility that, one day, they will leave this condition behind. “The film is a voyage through the words that nurture the life of these children; it is a surprising instrument for their survival. Thanks to words, the bakroman fight, talk, discuss, grow, live. We tried to bear witness to their efforts and to their struggle, made of meetings, encounters, conversations, in which they discuss things and try to resolve their everyday problems. The boys and girls begin a long and difficult voyage to leave their street life behind: it is a battle made of kilometers they walk on foot, of dust, of violated bodies.”
Biography
film director
Gianluca De Serio
Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio (Torino, Italy, 1978) have worked together since 1999, making shorts and documentaries, including Il giorno del santo, Maria Jesus, Mio fratello Yang, Zakaria, Ensi e Shade, Rew e Shade and L’esame di Xhodi. The films have been presented at many international festivals and received several awards, including three Silver Ribbons, the International prize for best film at Oberhausen and Edinburgh and nominations for two David di Donatellos and for the European Academy Award. Since 2007, they have been working as artists at the Guido Costa Projects gallery. Their film Bakroman won the prize for best documentary at the 2010 Torino Film Festival. Sette opera di Misericordia, their first feature fiction film, previewed at Locarno.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Poche cose (cm, 2001), Il giorno del santo (cm, 2002), Maria Jesus (cm, 2003), Mio fratello Yang (cm, 2004), Zakaria (cm, 2005), Neverending Maria Jesus (cm, 2006), Ensi e Shade (cm, 2006), Rew e Shade (cm, 2006), Raige e Shade (cm, 2006), Tanatologia, 14 maggio 1958 (cm, doc., 2007), L’esame di Xhodi (doc., 2007), Bakroman (doc., 2010), Dialoghi del Lys (mm, 2010), Sette opere di misericordia (2011).
Massimiliano De Serio
Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio (Torino, Italy, 1978) have worked together since 1999, making shorts and documentaries, including Il giorno del santo, Maria Jesus, Mio fratello Yang, Zakaria, Ensi e Shade, Rew e Shade and L’esame di Xhodi. The films have been presented at many international festivals and received several awards, including three Silver Ribbons, the International prize for best film at Oberhausen and Edinburgh and nominations for two David di Donatellos and for the European Academy Award. Since 2007, they have been working as artists at the Guido Costa Projects gallery. Their film Bakroman won the prize for best documentary at the 2010 Torino Film Festival. Sette opera di Misericordia, their first feature fiction film, previewed at Locarno.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Poche cose (cm, 2001), Il giorno del santo (cm, 2002), Maria Jesus (cm, 2003), Mio fratello Yang (cm, 2004), Zakaria (cm, 2005), Neverending Maria Jesus (cm, 2006), Ensi e Shade (cm, 2006), Rew e Shade (cm, 2006), Raige e Shade (cm, 2006), Tanatologia, 14 maggio 1958 (cm, doc., 2007), L’esame di Xhodi (doc., 2007), Bakroman (doc., 2010), Dialoghi del Lys (mm, 2010), Sette opere di misericordia (2011).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura/directors, story, screenplay
Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio
fotografia/cinematography
Gianluca De Serio
montaggio/film editing
Stefano Cravero
suono/sound
Andrea Viali
produttore/producer
Alessandro Borrelli
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales
La Sarraz Pictures