Luca Ronconi chose Umbria as the region where he could create a place for young actors and actresses, where they could generate a theatrical short-circuit, free from the influences and deadlines of production. In an old renovated barn in Santa Cristina, we discover the teacher in the role of an elderly child engaged in role-play, vocal exploration, seeking the characters’ secret folds, engaged in a fascinating examination of scripts.
Biography
film director
Jacopo Quadri
Jacopo Quadri (Milan, Italy, 1964) graduated from the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome. He worked as an editor for Mario Martone’s movies, including Il giovane favoloso (2014). He collaborated with major filmmakers the like of Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bechis, Paolo Virzì, Zhang Yuan, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Francesca Archibugi, and Gianfranco Rosi. As a filmmaker, he made the documentary Voci distanti dal mare (Saharawi) with Antonietta De Lillo e Patrizio Esposito, followed by La terra trema and Un posto al mondo, which he made with Mario Martone. He also directed several short films. As president of the association Ubu per Franco Quadri, in 2013 he founded Ubulibri srl, an ideal continuation of the publishing house Edizioni Ubulibri. In 2014 La scuola d’estate was presented at Torino Film Festival in the section Festa Mobile.
FILMOGRAFIA
Statici 1 (cm, 1991), Statici 2 (cm, 1993), Statici 3 (cm, 1996), Statici 5 (cm, 1997), Statici (cm, 1997), Voci distanti dal mare (Saharawi) (coregia/codirectors Antonietta De Lillo, Patrizio Esposito, doc., 1997), La terra trema (coregia/codirector Mario Martone, 1998), Un posto al mondo (coregia/codirector Mario Martone, 2000), Marisa (cm, 2000), La scuola d’estate (doc., 2014), Il paese dove gli alberi volano (coregia/codirector Davide Barletti, mm, 2015), Lorello e Brunello (doc., 2017).
Declaration
film director
Jacopo Quadri (Milan, Italy, 1964) graduated from the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome. He worked as an editor for Mario Martone’s movies, including Il giovane favoloso (2014). He collaborated with major filmmakers the like of Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bechis, Paolo Virzì, Zhang Yuan, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Francesca Archibugi. He won several awards and a Golden Lion for Gianfranco Rosi’s film Sacro GRA. As a filmmaker, he made the documentary Voci distanti dal mare (Saharawi) with Antonietta De Lillo e Patrizio Esposito, followed by La terra trema and Un posto al mondo, which he made with Mario Martone. He also directed several short films. As president of Associazione Ubu per Franco Quadri, in 2013 he founded Ubulibri srl, an ideal continuation of the publishing house Edizioni Ubulibri.
Cast
& Credits
Jacopo Quadri
fotografia/cinematography
Maura Morales Bergmann
musica/music
Valerio Vigliar
suono/sound
Antonio Barba
interpreti/cast
Luca Ronconi, Luca Bargagna, Benedetto Sicca, Lucrezia Guidone, Sara Putignano, Fabrizio Falco, Gabriele Falsetta, Fausto Cabra, Lucia Lavia, Matteo Ramundo, Massimo Odierna, Francesco Petruzzelli, Rosy Bonfiglio, Matteo Mauriello, Arianna Di Stefano, Carmine Fabbricatore, Michele Lisi, Desireé Domenici, Eugenio Papalia, Gianluca Pantosti, Flaminia Cuzzoli, Barbara Chichiarelli, Giulia Gallone, Giulio Maria Corso, Ivan Alovisio
produttori/producers
Jacopo Quadri, Paolo Benzi
produzione/production
Ubulibri, Okta Film, Rai Cinema