Country: Italy
Year: 2016
Duration: 26'
The Far West, a land of great promises, still free fertile plains and gold fields. The Far West is the land where every pioneer’s dreams can come true. Since it’s the land of dreams, everyone has their own personal Far West. A cowboy looks for his own on a journey full of expectations that will take him to cross mountains and wade rivers, finally arriving in a place where dreams are long gone... Or maybe just need to be thought about again. [rm]
Biography
film director
Francesco Selvi
Francesco Selvi (Cesena, 1980) created the theater company La Furia dell’Albana with Federico Fiumi and Luca Nervegna, writing several shows and participating in various theater festivals. In the meantime, he started making short films, including Lontano Ovest, which was previewed at the Torino Film Festival in 2016. He created and curated the film festival Quel Sublime Brusio. In 2011, he became the editor in chief of “Rapporto Confidenziale,” a publication specialized in film and visual culture. He is also the founding partner of Regnoli 41, an organization in Forlì that works in urban regeneration, where he curates and manages the exhibition rooms of Palazzo del Monte di Pietà in collaboration with Fondazione della Cassa di Risparmio. In 2012, his films became part of the independent cinema circuit Nomadica.
FILMOGRAFIA
Ecco (cm, 2010), L’attesa (cm, 2011), Domani parto (cm, 2011), Lontano Ovest (cm, 2016), Waterloo (cm, 2018).
Declaration
film director
“I dreamt about the Far West ever since I was a kid, rooting for the Indians, grieving for the caravans in flame or the massacre of the Sand Creek River… All those men heading toward a land of dreams… My cowboy travels through a world (our world, yours and mine) in which dreams are no more. And maybe that’s the way it should be.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Francesco Selvi
fotografia, montaggio/cinematography, film editing
Luca Nervegna
costumi/costume design
Monia Strada, Manuela Ballot
musica/music
Chrys Yan
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Mattia Abbondanza (cowboy), Marco Laghi (l’indiano 1/native american 1), Caterina Borghesi (la ragazza del sogno/girl in the dream), Luciano Vitali (l’indiano 2/native american 2), Luca Ferri (l’indiano 3/native american 3), Dario Agazzi (l’indiano 4/native american 4)
produzione/production
La Furia
contatti/contacts
Francesco Selvi
selvifrancesco@gmail.com
Francesco Selvi
fotografia, montaggio/cinematography, film editing
Luca Nervegna
costumi/costume design
Monia Strada, Manuela Ballot
musica/music
Chrys Yan
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Mattia Abbondanza (cowboy), Marco Laghi (l’indiano 1/native american 1), Caterina Borghesi (la ragazza del sogno/girl in the dream), Luciano Vitali (l’indiano 2/native american 2), Luca Ferri (l’indiano 3/native american 3), Dario Agazzi (l’indiano 4/native american 4)
produzione/production
La Furia
contatti/contacts
Francesco Selvi
selvifrancesco@gmail.com
