appian way Three men on their way south, each in his own way, meet up along the ancient Appian Way, which stretches between Rome and Brindisi. Antonio Pascale has unexpectedly decided to take a train and finds himself lost in the countryside. Giacomo De Stefano is taking a boat down the river and is battling the low levels of rivers in the South, while Bruno Ostuni and his four children are riding on horseback through the most remote areas of southern Italy. When the three men meet up, not just physically but also ideally, they come into contact with authentic nature. “We travelled following men who seemed to be moved by the road. As though they were sucked along it. But these weren’t easy trips. They were moved by a deep thirst. Something extreme, destabilizing. Maybe this is why they were also spectacular. And yet, personally, what interested me more was the metaphorical power of these trips, an intensity which was also symbolic. As though the metaphor were, and perhaps still is, an extra effort, a weight which helps us enjoy freedom even more.”
Biography
film director
Paolo De Falco
Paolo De Falco (Novoli, Lecce, Italy, 1965) graduated in history of theater at the University la Sapienza of Rome. He studied dance, music and acting and over the course of his education he came into contact with Eduardo De Filippo, Leo de Berardinis, Peter Stein, Carmelo Bene and Tadeusz Kantor. He debuted as a film actor at the age of twenty in Il grande Blek (1987) by Giuseppe Piccioni. He directed his first short film in 2002, Il ponte, and in 2005 he directed his first feature length documentary, Stella loca, which was presented at the Roma Film Festival, at the Trieste Film Festival and at Doc for Sale in Amsterdam. During this same period he made a series of documentaries in Argentina, Chile and Brazil about Italian emigration during the post-war period. In 2008 presented at Torino Film Festival his documentary Leonardo.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Che cos’è un miracolo? (mm, 1995), Il ponte (cm, 2002), M’arrendo (cm, 2003), Stella loca (doc., 2006), Angelo della notte (cm, 2006), Radice e frontera (doc., 2006), Frontiera blanca (doc., 2007), Leonardo (doc., 2008), Via Appia (doc., 2010).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura, fotografia, produttore/director, screenplay, cinematography, producer
Paolo De Falco
montaggio/film editing
Andrea Facchini, Paolo De Falco
musica/music
Gianni Lenoci, Giacomo Mongelli, Steve Potts
interpreti/cast
Antonio Pascale, Giacomo De Stefano, Bruno Ostuni, Valerio Ostuni, Marcello Ostuni, Giuliano Ostuni, Davide Ostuni, Francesca Fava, Franco Arminio, Lisa Ginzburg, Ermelinda Bircaj
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales
Grad Zero