31° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
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PISA

PISA
by Manuel Alejandro Salas
Country: Ecuador
Year: 2013
Duration: 8'


Franz is a shaman who blames himself for the death of his wife. He spends his days locked in his house fighting the thoughts of killing himself for love. Learning from his own teaching methods, he tries to change his internal and external self. Franz embarks in a spiritual journey where he will have to overcome his fear of letting go.

Biography

film director

Manuel Alejandro Salas

Manuel Alejandro Salas (Ecuador) started shooting films when he was seventeen. His poetics developed over time, influenced by German expressionism and surrealism. He worked in the New York office of the special effects company The Mill, and he is currently studying cinema and television at the Savannah College of Art and Design, in Georgia (USA).

FILMOGRAFIA

Hold the Old and the Bulldog’s Dream (cm, 2009), A Velvet Hedrons (cm, 2010), Al viento (cm, 2012), Pisa (cm, 2013).

Declaration

film director

“Franz is a shaman who cures people’s souls for a living, but he can’t cure himself from the troubling memories of his long gone wife.”

Cast

& Credits

REGIA, FOTOGRAFIA, MONTAGGIO, PRODUTTORE
Manuel Alejandro Salas
INTERPRETI
Manuel Alejandro Salas, Christian Hernandez
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