Country: Italy
Year: 2015
Duration: 52'
Vito Alfieri Fontana is an engineer and the former owner of Tecnovar, a company in Puglia that designs and sells landmines. He is going through a deep existential crisis, questioning himself, his work and his relationship with his family, in particular his father. One question haunts him: how many victims has Tecnovar caused? The answer takes on disturbing contours for the engineer, but it is also the starting point of a journey to the former war zones of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where squads of deminers are still at work.
Biography
film director
Mattia Epifani
Mattia Epifani (Lecce, 1985) is a filmmaker, operator, and editor. In 2008, he worked as assistant director for Davide Barletti and Lorenzo Conte for the feature-length film Fine pena mai. He made his directorial debut in 2010 with the documentary Rockman, earning recognitions from festivals like Immaginaria Film Festival, Visioni Fuori Raccordo, and Sole Luna Film Festival. In 2013, he directed and produced Ubu R1e, which takes place in the correctional facility Borgo San Nicola in Lecce and stars inmates from the R1 block. His documentary Il successore (2015) was selected by several international film festivals and won the Cipputi Award at the 33rd Torino Film Festival. Epifani is also a business partner of the independent production company Muud Film and the theater-prison company Io Ci Provo.
FILMOGRAFIA
Rockman (mm, doc., 2010), Ubu R1e (mm, doc., 2013), The Best (mm, doc., 2015), Il successore (mm, doc., 2015), Et in terra pacis (doc., 2018).
Declaration
film director
“In his dark journey, this man divided in two – a prisoner of the conflict between duty and conscience – crosses Bosnia, which has been disfigured by the drama of the landmines, fully realizing that his inner conflict will remain unresolved. The parabola of Vito Alfieri Fontana is not the classic one of redemption, but rather the tormented trip of a man who has repudiated himself in order to give himself a second chance, carrying out a lucid exercise in self-control to keep at bay that sleeping part of himself which would still like to sit down at the drawing table.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Mattia Epifani
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Francesco Lefons, Mattia Epifani
fotografia/cinematography
Giorgio Giannoccaro
montaggio/film editing
Mattia Soranzo
musica/music
Gabriele Panico
suono/sound
Gianluigi Gallo
interpreti/cast
Vito Alfieri Fontana, Nijaz Nemic, Senaid Abdihodeic, Rarija Besic
produzione/production
Apulia Film Commission
Mattia Epifani
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Francesco Lefons, Mattia Epifani
fotografia/cinematography
Giorgio Giannoccaro
montaggio/film editing
Mattia Soranzo
musica/music
Gabriele Panico
suono/sound
Gianluigi Gallo
interpreti/cast
Vito Alfieri Fontana, Nijaz Nemic, Senaid Abdihodeic, Rarija Besic
produzione/production
Apulia Film Commission
