Country: Italy
Year: 1991
Duration: 16'


A man closed up in a room conjures up pieces of his own romantic past. These memories disturbing, cutting, and sweet insinuate themselves into the texture of his existence so much that ho is forced to arm himself to commit a hard crime, a mental crime. All this is in the delicately ironic spirit of Dino Buzzati's short story of the same name, which is read aloud lo give a kind of acoustic accompaniment to the actions and memories of the protagonist.

Biography

film director

Marilena Boffo

Marilena Boffo (1957), a teacher, participated in previous editions of the Turin Film Festival with the videos Il piccolo principe (1988), Incantesimi (1989), Occhi felici (1989), Truka (1989), Ombre (1990), and Inviti superflui (1991).

Giuseppe Randazzo

Giuseppe Randazzo (La Spezia, 1960) is a designer who works in video and computer graphics. Among his previous works we recall Conversione (1990), Dio in cubo (1990), Ombre (1990) and Abaq (1991).

Cast

& Credits

Director: Marilena Boffo, Giuseppe Randazzo.
Music: Kevin Ayers.
Cast: Franco Maugeri.
Production company: Marilena Boffo e Giuseppe Randazzo, Via S. Maria Mazzarello 96, Torino, tel. 703410.
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