A young man tries to commit suicide in every possible way, but his ’luck’ never runs out, and all his attempts fail (tragi)comically. [rm]
In collaboration with Cineteca Nazionale
Biography
film director
Mario Garriba
Mario Garriba (Soave, Verona, Italy, 1944 - Italy, 2013) debuted in feature films in 1971 with On the Point of Death, his graduating film at the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia which, a unique case in its genre, won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. He had previously directed the short Voce del verbo morire (1970). Over the course of his career, he made only one other movie, Lessons for the Lovelorn (1980), which he completed after several years and infinite resistance from the Italian film industry of the era.
FILMOGRAFIA
Voce del verbo morire (cm, 1970), In punto di morte (1971), Corse a perdicuore (1980).
Declaration
film director
“It was the first time I stood behind a camera and I wanted to try everything: forward and backward dollies, speeding up and slowing down, gags, colour, black and white, use of toning, silent cinema and sound etc. In the meantime, I’ve forgotten cinema is only a question of luck.”
Cast
& Credits
Mario Garriba
fotografia/cinematography
Emilio Bestetti
montaggio/film editing
Jobst Grapow
interprete/cast
Fabio Garriba
produzione/production
Centro sperimentale di cinematografia
contatti/contacts
Cineteca Nazionale
Laura Argento
laura.argento@fondazionecsc.it
www.fondazionecsc.it