Country: Italy
Year: 2013
Duration: 82'
The Accademia Teatro alla Scala, excellence amongst the most prestigious worldwide, is the only theatre academy in the world that trains every professional figure involved in art theatre. It is a choral story that encompasses an entire year: a full immersion in the intimacy of personal events, in the spectacularity of the performances, in the rigor of the daily training. Walking the path that leads to the Scala temple is a privilege that demands everything in return.
Biography
film director
Massimo Donati
Massimo Donati (Milan, Italy, 1973) is a writer and director for cinema and theatre. He directed the short feature Scene d’interni con topo di gomma in 2005. He wrote the screenplay to Tre lire primo giorno (directed by Andrea Pellizzer) in 2009, and La via del ring (by Daniele Azzola) in 2011. He won a Solinas GialloNero Prize for Diario di spezie, from which he drew inspiration for the novel he wrote by the same name, published by Mondadori in 2013.
FILMOGRAFIA
Massimo Donati:
Scene d’interni con topo di gomma (2005).
Massimo Donati, Alessandro Leone:
Fuori scena (doc., 2013).
Alessandro Leone
Alessandro Leone (Taranto, Italy, 1970) is a film director and movie critic. In 2002 he wrote Pap Samb (screenplay supported by the MEDEA Programme). He then wrote the screenplay and directed the short film La fune in 2005, which received many awards in Italy and abroad. He co-wrote the screenplay to the movies Fuga dal call center (directed by Federico Rizzo) and La via del ring. He also wrote the book La boxe immaginata dal cinema, which was published by Falsopiano.
Declaration
film director
“Shooting a film about the Accademia immediately meant revealing the lesser known heart of Milan. It was a work of patient observation of events as they unfolded spontaneously; the camera became a discreet eye that followed students, without forcing anything, in their daily routine of classes and performances, carefully seizing the poetry of the moments of truth that develop out of hard work, talent, and determination, in search for perfection off stage. The stories of dancers, singers, costume and set designers intertwine through the seasons to restore the nuances and the concreteness of their passions.”
Cast
& Credits
REGIA, SCENEGGIATURA
Massimo Donati, Alessandro Leone
FOTOGRAFIA
Daniele Azzola
MONTAGGIO
Piero Lassandro
MUSICA
Rolando Marchesini
SUONO
Giuseppe D’Amato
PRODUTTORI
Gioia Avvantaggiato, Gabriella Pedranti
PRODUZIONE, DISTRIBUZIONE
GA&A Productions, Ester Produzioni Soc. Cop.
Massimo Donati, Alessandro Leone
FOTOGRAFIA
Daniele Azzola
MONTAGGIO
Piero Lassandro
MUSICA
Rolando Marchesini
SUONO
Giuseppe D’Amato
PRODUTTORI
Gioia Avvantaggiato, Gabriella Pedranti
PRODUZIONE, DISTRIBUZIONE
GA&A Productions, Ester Produzioni Soc. Cop.
