40° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
OUT OF COMPETITION/DEI CONFLITTI E DELLE IDEE
LA SCELTA
by Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt
Country: Italy
Year: 2022
Duration: 83'
A construction site in the Alps and the fight that a number activists conduct against it. In this context, the personal reasons behind political militancy are investigated and we see that State repression reinforces individuals in their struggle, rather than weakens them. And, in an attempt to satisfy our desires, we discover that the true enemy is inside us.
Biography
film director
Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt
(Genoa, Italy, 1965) after beginning as an architect and working in social communication, dedicated himself to organizing and promoting events oriented primarily at young people. In 2001, after helping to organize the Genoa Social Forum, he became the head of the Genoa Legal Forum office as a technical consultant in archiving and analyzing the video and photographic material of the G8 summit in Genoa. He runs the processig8.org website. Since 2007, he has been producing independent videos and collaborating with Italian TV channels, and is a consultant for movie productions regarding video documentation of the G8 summit in Genoa. In 2010, he made the short Janua, selected as a finalist in Obiettivo Liguria at the 14th Genova Film Festival. In 2011, he directed two documentaries: Black Block (special mention in the Controcampo section at the 68th Venice Film Festival) and La provvista, both produced by Fandango.
FILMOGRAFIA
Janua (cm, 2010), Black Block (doc, 2011), La Provvista (doc, 2011), La scelta (doc, 2022).
Declaration
film director
“The idea to recount the 'No TAV' struggle came to us from our previous experience. The G8 summit in Genoa and the trials. Genoa has left a heavy legacy on all those who have continued to frequent political movements over the past twenty years. Is it possible to be militants, be involved in politics, without reproducing - within those movements - the same mechanisms against which we are fighting? We went to the Susa Valley to learn about a grass-roots struggle, rooted in the territory, and we discovered a community of people who share great dignity, respect for remembrance, and the determination to defend a collective feeling which, over time, has created a political identity made by human beings.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Carlo A. Bachschmidt. SCREENPLAY PRODUCERS: Carlo A. Bachschmidt, Stefano Barabino, Michele Ruvioli. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Stefano Barabino. FILM EDITING: Luca Mandrile. SOUND: Carlo A. Bachschmidt, Michele Ruvioli. CAST: Luca Abbà, Nicoletta Dosio, Emanuela Favale, Silvano Giai, Davide Grasso, Dana Lauriola, Marisa Meyer, Alberto Perino, Paolo Perotto, Gabriella Tittonel.
CONTACT:
Carlo A. Bachschmidt carlogenoa@gmail.com
