33° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
FESTA MOBILE/CIPPUTI AWARD

NUOVE TERRE - ORTO DEI RAGAZZI

NUOVE TERRE - ORTO DEI RAGAZZI
by Francesca Comencini
Country: Italy
Year: 2015
Duration: 16'


Orto dei Ragazzi, Cascina Carlo Alberto and Tenuta della Mistica are part of a project composed of five documentaries financed by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forest Policy (MIPAAF), one of the Expo 2015 initiatives. Their basic topic is social agriculture, as told through personal stories.

Biography

film director

Francesca Comencini

Francesca Comencini (Rome, Italy, 1961) is the daughter of film director Luigi. She debuted in 1984 with Pianoforte and then moved to France, where she made Annabelle partagée (1991), selected for the Quinzaine des réalisateurs at Cannes, and the documentary Elsa Morante (1997). She then made a film adaptation of La coscienza di Zeno by Italo Svevo entitled Le parole di mio padre (2001). She next made the documentary Carlo Giuliani, ragazzo (2002), Mi piace lavorare - Mobbing (2004), which won in the Berlinale Panorama Award, and A casa nostra (2006), presented at the Film Festival in Rome. He then participated in competition at Venice with Lo spazio bianco (2009) and Un giorno speciale (2012). In 2015 she won at the Torino Film Festival a Cipputi Award for her lifetime achievements.

FILMOGRAFIA

Pianoforte (1984), La lumière du lac (1988), Annabelle partagée (1991), Elsa Morante (mm, doc., 1997), Shakespeare a Palermo (1998), Le parole di mio padre (2001), Carlo Giuliani, ragazzo (doc., 2002), Mi piace lavorare - Mobbing (2004), A casa nostra (2006), In fabbrica (doc., 2007), Lo spazio bianco (2009), Un giorno speciale (2012), Gomorra - La serie (serie tv/tv series, 2 ep., 2014), Amori che non sanno stare al mondo (2017).

Declaration

film director

“In these movies, I tried to focus on people: their stories, their faces, their hands. They are new farmers; different experiences have brought them to the ancient and strenuous work of farming. This work always changes, but its essence remains the same, tied to the cycles of life, time and the care which life needs. Many of these people, who came from far away or from difficult paths of life, are well acquainted with the strain of staying alive. Many have risked their life, others are looking for a way to give meaning to their life. They all have known the value of staying alive, which makes them hold the seed of a plant with trembling attention. My gaze was captured by their repeated gestures, their inexperience which becomes amazement. To observe the lives of others is what I love to do most and what makes me feel most alive.”

Cast

& Credits

regia/director
Francesca Comencini
soggetto/story
Fabio Pellarin
fotografia/cinematography
Alessandro Abate
montaggio/film editing
Silvia Di Domenico
musica/music
Mattia Carratello
suono/sound
Vito Martinelli
produzione/production
Madcast srl


contatti/contacts
Madcast
Giovanni Madonna
giovanni.madonna@madcast.com
www.madcast.com
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