Country: Italy
Year: 1990
Duration: 12'


Life in a marginal neighborhood in Bari, shown through the faces and words of its inhabitants: the reasoned explosion of a malaise, the unruly euphoria in front of a TV camera, and, at last, the rage expressed in garbled shouting or through an uneasy silence.

Biography

film director

Pino Guario

Born in Bari in 1955, Pino Guario still lives there and teaches courses in film language in elementary and middle school. He is a psychologist and coordinator of a community of psychiatric patients.

FILMOGRAFIA

Zona 167 (video, 1990).

Alessandro Piva

Alessandro Piva (Salerno, Italy, 1966) got his start in directing after gaining experience as a photographer, film editor and screenwriter. After completing his studies at the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia, he began making documentaries in Italy and abroad. He won two special mentions at the Premio Solinas and then dedicated himself to feature films, debuting with LaCapaGira, which was presented at the Berlin Film Festival in 2000 and won numerous prizes, including a David di Donatello. His second film, Mio cognato, which was presented at the Locarno Film Festival, won three nominations for Silver Ribbons in 2004. In 2007, he tried his hand at opera and staged Il cappello di paglia di Firenze by Nino Rota. In 2008, he directed the TV series La scelta di Laura. Henry is his third film.

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia essenziale/essential filmography

Esercizi di stile (ep. Uno di più bravo me, cm, 1996), LaCapaGira (2000), Mio cognato (2003), Perotti Point (cm, doc., 2006), La scelta di Laura (tv, 2009), Henry (2010).

 

Cast

& Credits

Director: Pino Guario, Alessandro Piva.
Fotografia e montaggio: Alessandro Piva.
Sound: Francesco Fiore.
Production company: Alphaville (Roma) Get (Bari), c/o Cooperativa Get, Palazzo Capitaneo 48, Bari Palese, tel. 5514745, fax 320066.
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