Country: Italy
Year: 2024
Duration: 19'
Sara is an adolescent girl with a difficult background. One cold winter evening, she runs away from the residential community where she lives in order to free her little sister from the sexual slavery their father has forced her into. Discovering the monster will force Sara to fight for her freedom.
Biography
film director
Antonio De Palo
(Molfetta, Italy) after graduating in communication sciences, received his degree in film directing from the Rosebud European Academy of Cinema and Television in Rome. In 2019, he was one of the 10 talents selected for the second edition of Media Talents on Tour, organized by Creative Europe MEDIA. His short films have been selected by over three hundred festivals and in 2021 the actresses Valeria Solarino and Claudia Potenza, the stars of his movie Le abiuratrici (2020), won the award for actresses of the year at the Corti d’argento film awards. He has worked with actors such as Giorgio Colangeli, Michele Venitucci, Lidia Vitale, Valentina Carnelutti, Lino Guanciale, Maria Di Biase, and Vittoria Schisano. He is presently developing his first feature film, Il paese.
FILMOGRAFIA
Volti (cm, 2013), L’ombra di Caino (cm, 2016), Le abiuratrici (cm, 2020), Lea e il fenicottero (cm, 2023), Due sorelle (cm, 2024).
Declaration
film director
“Two Sisters is a story that sheds light on the harsh social reality of the most marginalized areas of the Capitanata, in the heart of southern Italy. In a territory marked by marginalization, violence, and aggravated by the menacing shadow of the mafia, the story focuses on the experience of two sisters, forced to confront devastating family violence in a context that risks turning their accustomedness and indifference to violence into monstrous complicity. Their struggle to survive and find a way out becomes the centerpiece of the narrative, a desperate attempt to break the chains of oppression that exposes the injustices faced by those living on the fringes of this compromised social context. Two Sisters offers an unflinching look at the wounds of this land, unafraid to confront the raw truth, so that it may finally be addressed.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Antonio De Palo. SCREENPLAY: Antonio De Palo, Piero Rossi. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Vanni Mastrantonio. EDITING: Julien Panzarasa. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Rosaria Minervini. COSTUMES: Maria Giovanna Stallo. SOUND: Vincenzo Santo. CAST: Blu Yoshimi, Geno Diana, Lidia Vitale, Melissa Coccaro e Vito Signorile. PRODUCTION: Riccardo Neri, Vincenzo De Marco, Vincenzo Filippo, Piero Rossi, Antonio De Palo per Beagle Media, Lupin Film, Assedio Film, in collaborazione con Open Mind.
CONTACT: Assedio Film assediofilm@gmail.com
