Country: Italy
Year: 2011
Duration: 73'
Bari, a few yards from central station. A disused little hostel, a constant flow of people going in and out. Youngsters from Somalia, the majority has not reached 30. In their pocket they carry a visa, and the war back in their country seems endless. They are not illegal immigrants. They have occupied a little public-owned place in town to make it on their own. “What we were interested in showing was what happens in the life of a refugee after the emergency. After the landings, the reception centers, after receiving a resident permit. That gray area that precedes potential (and often disregarded) integration. Not the clash with the host society, but how they live and recount these difficulties. A narration of their daily life, their attempt to live a normal existence. This small hotel, a microcosm of crossed destinies, was the best observation point because normality begins when you have a house, shelter, a place where you can sit down and catch your breath.”
Biography
film director
Mariangela Barbanente
Mariangela Barbanente (Mola di Bari, Italy, 1968) graduated in arts and letters in Rome and studied screenwriting at the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia. She worked as a screenwriter for various TV series, including Ris - Delitti imperfetti, Sottocasa, Vivere and La squadra and debuted as a director with two short documentaries, which she made in 1994 for Enea (National Agency for Alternative Energy). She then moved to France, where she worked as a production assistant and assistant director before directing Sole, which received a special mention at the 2000 Torino Film Festival. In 2005, she made Il trasloco del bar di Vezio and the following year she collaborated on the script of L’Orchestra di piazza Vittorio by Agostino Ferrente.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Il Lidar di Frascati (cm, doc., 1994), Io era in terra e ’l cuor in paradiso (cm, doc., 1997), Sole (mm, doc., 2000), Il trasloco del bar di Vezio (doc., 2005), Ferrhotel (doc., 2011).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Mariangela Barbanente
soggetto/story
Sergio Gravili, Mariangela Barbanente
montaggio/film editing
Desideria Rayner
produttore/producer
Gioia Avvantaggiato
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales
GA&A Productions
TFF
prizes
