Country: Italy
Year: 2015
Duration: 74'
In the library at the prison in Bologna, a group of Muslim inmates is taking part in a course about the Italian constitution that has been organized by teachers and volunteers. A young Arab almost at the end of his prison sentence is grappling with the “winters and springs” of freedom and a future waiting to be written. A journey inside and outside the prison, to show the illusion and hope of someone who has dreamt, and continues to dream, of a “fairer world.”
Biography
film director
Marco Santarelli
Marco Santarelli (Rome), independent documentary filmmaker and TV director for Rai and Sky, shot the documentaries Superluoghi. Viaggio in Italia and Storie di housing sociale. Viaggio in Europa in 2008 and 2009. In 2009, he presented Interporto at the Torino Film Festival; this is the second film of a trilogy dedicated to the world of transportation which began with the movie GenovaTripoli. His film Scuolamedia won the UCCA prize at the 2011 Torino Film Festival, where, the next year, he received a special mention for his sci-fi short Un mondo meglio che niente. His last documentary, Lettera al Presidente (2013), distributed by Cinecittà-Luce, was presented in competition at the Rome Film Festival and at the Rotterdam Film Festival, and in 2014 it received a special mention at the Nastri d’argento.
FILMOGRAFIA
Superluoghi. Viaggio in Italia (doc., 2008), Storie di housing sociale. Viaggio in Europa (doc., 2009), GenovaTripoli (doc., 2009), Interporto (doc., 2009), Scuolamedia (doc., 2010), Milleunanotte (doc., 2012), Un mondo meglio che niente (cm, 2012), Lettera al Presidente (doc., 2013), Dustur (2015).
Declaration
film director
“It was 2011, I was shooting my previous documentary about prisons (Milleunanotte) and that’s when I met Ignazio and Samad, the religious volunteer and the young former inmate. The Christian monk and the Muslim: two worlds which are only apparently distant. And it is thanks to their stories and their passion for a ‘better world’ that Dustur was born. A journey inside and outside the prison, inside and outside the confines of liberty. An inside and outside that will only touch at the end. A journey that begins behind the prison bars of a library and ends on the Apennines, in one of the places that is a symbol of the Italian Resistance.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, fotografia, montaggio/director, cinematography, film editing
Marco Santarelli
produttore/producer
Rino Sciarretta
produzione/production
Zivago Media, Ottofilmaker, Istituto Luce-Cinecittà
distribuzione/distribution
Istituto Luce-Cinecittà
Marco Santarelli
produttore/producer
Rino Sciarretta
produzione/production
Zivago Media, Ottofilmaker, Istituto Luce-Cinecittà
distribuzione/distribution
Istituto Luce-Cinecittà
contatti/contacts
