In early January, men enter the stall where a pig is kept and tie it by its snout. As it is being dragged outside to be butchered, the pig is able to look at the sky and the surrounding world. “I do research. I was interested in talking about animals, about the way humans treat them. My first thought was to shout about how a pig is killed; my second was to whisper it.”
Biography
film director
Simone Massi
Simone Massi (Pergola, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy, 1970), the son of factory workers and farmers, was himself a worker before he studied animated film at Urbino’s art school. An independent animator, for fifteen years now he has been trying to turn his passion for drawing into a profession. He created and realized (on his own and completely by hand) a dozen short animated films which have been shown in over fifty countries throughout the world and have won over two hundred awards.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Immemoria (cm, anim., 1995), In aprile (cm, anim., 1995), Millennio (cm, anim., 1995), Racconti (cm, anim., 1996), Niente (cm, anim., 1996), Keep on! Keepin’on! (cm, anim., 1997), Adombra (cm, anim., 1999), Il giorno che vidi i sorci verdi (cm, anim., 2001), Pittore, aereo (cm, anim., 2001), Tengo la posizione (cm, anim., 2001), Piccola mare (cm, anim., 2003), Io so chi sono (cm, anim., 2004), La memoria dei cani (cm, anim., 2006), Nuvole, mani (cm, anim., 2009), Dell’ammazzare il maiale (cm, anim., 2011).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, animatore, produttore, vendita all’estero/director, story, animator, producer, world sales
Simone Massi
riprese/camera
Julia Gromskaya
postproduzione/post-production
Lola Capote Ortiz
musica, suono/music, sound
Stefano Sasso