9° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Italian Competition 1991
NON SI FA CREDITO
by Prospero Bentivenga
Country: Italy
Year: 1991
Duration: 10'
This is a typical situation in a Milanese trattoria. The woman owner is insisting that Tarzan, a faithful customer and perennial debtor pay his bill. At first he is defended by his girlfriend Lina. But in the end he refuses to pay this latest of a long series of bills, so the two women beat him up and throw him out of the place physically. For the owner it is the end of a day like any other.
"Most equilibriums in the world, from a simple drink to the real question of survival, are played out on the basis of 'credit'." (Prospero Bentivenga)
Biography
film director
Prospero Bentivenga
Prospero Bentivenga (Castelsaraceno, Potenza; 1959) is an anthropology student at the Orient University of Naples. Since 1987 he has been editing and directing television and musical films. In 1988 he edited the stock footage projected in the seasons first play at the Little Theater Studio, Elvira e la passione teatrale, directed by Giorgio Strehler. He also edited the documentary film, Bologna 88, produced by the University of Bologna. In 1990 he edited the stock film footage projected in Roberto Cacciapaglia's opera, Un giorno X. which was directed by Gabriele Amadori and shown in world premiere at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, Milan. In 1991 he directed the theatrical monologue, Tragoedia, by and with Carmen Luongo, selected for the Cairo Avantgarde Festival (Egypt). In 1992 he produced and directed the documentary film, L'a'ndenna di Castelsaraceno, which appeared in the XI Bilan du Film Ethnographique at the Musée de l'Homme (Paris). He participated in the staging of the theatrical monologue, Anna. Written by Annibale Ruccello, Anna featured Carmen Luongo and appeared in the International Festival of the Arts, Differenti Sensazioni 9, in Grugliasco (Turin).
FILMOGRAFIA
Cucina bollente (video, 1990), L'a'ndenna di Castelsaraceno (16mm, 1991), Non si fa credito (video, 1991), 8398863 (video, 1992), Prima...
Cast
& Credits
Regia, sceneggiatura, fotografia, suono e montaggio: Prospero Bentivenga.
Cast: Pino Morabito, Orsolina De Luca, Lina Moggi.
Production company and Italian distribution: PROFILM, via Alessi 1, Milano, tel. 58108670, fax 58105291.
Cast: Pino Morabito, Orsolina De Luca, Lina Moggi.
Production company and Italian distribution: PROFILM, via Alessi 1, Milano, tel. 58108670, fax 58105291.