One year at Malpensa: four seasons spent following the bureaucracy, the procedures, the controls and the movements that are everyday occurrences inside an intercontinental airport. A public space, in which Italian and international police forces collaborate, where every gesture is captured by closed-circuit cameras, each piece of luggage is studied in all its recesses in an attempt to ward off a potential and unknown threat. A place in which fear is the only thing not in transit. “We decided to shoot a film inside an intercontinental airport because we think is the best place for understanding today’s pervasive obsession with security, fear of strangers and control strategies. The film looks at places that are usually inaccessible and invisible because, by letting them reveal themselves and establish a relationship with our known reality, the mosaic becomes complete and explains the unbreakable bond between controller and controlled, programmed occurrences and randomness, security and real or constructed fears.”
Biography
film director
Massimo D'Anolfi
Massimo D’Anolfi (Pescara, Italy, 1974) wrote the script of the film by Roberta Torre Angela, which was presented at Cannes in 2002; he made Si torna a casa - Appunti per un film, selected for the 21st Torino Film Festival, and Play. Along with Martina Parenti, he made I promessi sposi, which was awarded at the Festival dei Popoli and at Filmmaker, and Grandi speranze, which was presented at Locarno.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Massimo D’Anolfi:
In fantasmi d’oro (cm, 1997), Plutone è lontano (doc., 1998), Fuori gioco (cm, 1999), Musica Maestro (doc., 2001), Un Caravaggio in meno (doc., 2002), Si torna a casa - Appunti per un film (doc., 2003), Play (cm, 2004).
Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Parenti:
I promessi sposi (doc., 2006), Grandi speranze (doc., 2009), Il castello (doc., 2011).
Martina Parenti
Martina Parenti (Milan, Italy, 1972) has directed numerous documentaries which have been presented at various festivals, such as Animol (2003), which screened at Filmmaker and at Cinemambiente, and L’estate di una fontanella (2006), which was selected for the Bellaria Film Festival. She also made various TV programs, such as L’apprendista stregone (2002) and School in Action (2006).
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Martina Parenti:
Animol (mm, doc., 2003), L’estate di una fontanella (cm, 2006).
Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Parenti:
I promessi sposi (doc., 2006), Grandi speranze (doc., 2009), Il castello (doc., 2011).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, montaggio/directors, story, film editing
Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Parenti
fotografia/cinematography
Massimo D’Anolfi
musica/music
Massimo Mariani
suono/sound
Sebastian Castro Miranda
produzione/production
Montmorency Film
vendita all’estero/world sales
GA&A