Country: Italy
Year: 2012
Duration: 80'
Alina is a girl of gypsy origins who has been living in Paris for years. When she returns to her hometown near Cagliari, she befriends a police commissioner in his fifties. In this new dimension she will confront herself and her deepest emotions, reviewing her life, her dreams, and her true identity. This passage will mark the end of her childhood and the beginning of her maturity, making her more aware of her weaknesses. And the past will breach into the future that awaits the woman.
Biography
film director
Peter Marcias
(Oristano, 1977), director and screenwriter, he made his debut with numerous short films presented at international festivals in Taipei, Giffoni, Istanbul, and São Paulo. He made his feature film debut with Un attimo sospesi, followed by I bambini della sua vita, which won the Globo d'Oro for Best Actress for Piera Degli Esposti, and Dimmi che destino avrò, which had its world premiere at the Turin Film Festival. He has directed numerous documentaries: Liliana Cavani, una donna nel cinema, presented at the Giornate degli Autori and the Moscow International Film Festival; Tutte le storie di Piera, at the Turin Film Festival and winner of the Nastro d'Argento Speciale; Nilde Iotti, il tempo delle donne, at the Venice Film Festival's Giornate degli Autori. Her works testify to a strong interest in cinema linked to artistic, social, and political themes.
FILMOGRAFIA
Un attimo sospesi (2008), Liliana Cavani, una donna nel cinema (doc., 2010), I bambini della sua vita (2011), Dimmi che destino avrò (2012), Tutte le storie di Piera (doc., 2013), La nostra quarantena (2015), Silenzi e parole (doc, 2017), Uno sguardo alla Terra (doc, 2018), Nilde Iotti, il tempo delle donne (doc, 2020), Uomini in marcia (doc, 2023), Looking For Nivola (2025), Quasi Grazia (2025).
Declaration
film director
“It is a story that relates to situations I cherish, like diversity, integration, social drama, confronted with a touch of magical realism. Among the specific and most significant choices made while developing this project, I shared the clear refusal of being easily tempted by an anthropologic or sociologic style of writing, and the choice of treating the relation between two cultures (rom and ‘gaggè’) directly, without veils or conditioning that would otherwise alter the essence of the problem.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Peter Marcias
soggetto, sceneggiatura/ story, screenplay Gianni Loy
fotografia/cinematography Alberto López Palacios
montaggio/film editing Danilo Torre
scenografia/ production design Andrea Meloni
costumi/ costume design Stefania Grilli
musica/music Eric Neveux
suono/sound Davide Sardo
interpreti/cast Luli Bitri, Salvatore Cantalupo, Andrea Dianetti, Vesna Bajramovic, Davide Careddu, Pietrina Menneas, Nino Nonnis, Merfin Selimovic, Vinettu Sulejmanovic
produttore/producer: Gianluca Arcopinto
soggetto, sceneggiatura/ story, screenplay Gianni Loy
fotografia/cinematography Alberto López Palacios
montaggio/film editing Danilo Torre
scenografia/ production design Andrea Meloni
costumi/ costume design Stefania Grilli
musica/music Eric Neveux
suono/sound Davide Sardo
interpreti/cast Luli Bitri, Salvatore Cantalupo, Andrea Dianetti, Vesna Bajramovic, Davide Careddu, Pietrina Menneas, Nino Nonnis, Merfin Selimovic, Vinettu Sulejmanovic
produttore/producer: Gianluca Arcopinto
produzione e distribuzione/production and distribution: Axelotil Film
vendita all’estero/ world sales The Open Reel
