40° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
OUT OF COMPETITION
MANODOPERA - INTERDIT AUX CHIENS ET AUX ITALIENS
by Alain Ughetto
Country: Italy
Year: 2022
Duration: 70'
Piedmont, early 1900s. In the village of Ughettera life is tough and the Ughetto family dreams of a future abroad. Family stories tell about Luigi Ughetto, who crossed the Alps to start a new life in France, forever changing the destiny of the family. His grandson Alain goes back in time to retrace that story, in an affectionate dialogue with his grandmother Cesira.
Biography
film director
Alain Ughetto
(Lyon, France, 1954) with La Boule, in 1985, he won the César for the best animated short. In 2013 he directed Jasmine, who tells her love story in the Tehran riots of the late 1970s. With Manodopera (2022) he returns to the story of his grandparents and to that of many other emigrants.
FILMOGRAFIA
L’échelle (cm, 1981), La boule (cm, 1984), Jasmine (2013), Manodopera (2022).
Declaration
film director
“It is a story that begins with an ‘I,’ and then slides towards ‘we.’ Poles, Indians, Spaniards... The past is in our DNA. I wanted to tell how in the past times all foreigners were welcomed.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Alain Ughetto. SCREENPLAY: Alain Ughetto, Alexis Galmot, Anne Paschetta. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Fabien Drouet, Sara Sponga. FILM EDITING: Denis Leborgne. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Jean-Marc Ogier. MUSIC: Nicola Piovani. SOUND: CAST: PRODUCER: Alexandre Cornu. PRODUCTION: Les Films du Tambour de Soie. CO-PRODUCTION: Graffiti Film, Vivement Lundi !, Foliascope, Nadasdy Film, Lux Fugit Film, Ocidental Filmes.
CONTACT:
Graffiti Doc - Enrica Capra enrica@graffitidoc.it
