9° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Italian Competition 1991
ZONA 167
by Pino Guario, Alessandro Piva
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
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.