Country: Italy
Year: 2014
Duration: 75'
Mirafiori, the historical headquarters of FIAT’s first car-manufacturing factory and a symbol of labor union’s struggles of the 1970s, is about to be revamped: the old abandoned warehouse is going to be torn down to make room for the new golf course. But Carlo, Franco and Delfino, who spent most of their lives working in that factory, are not going to leave the premises without trying one last time to repopulate the neighborhood and reconnect with their sons and grandchildren.
Biography
film director
Stefano Di Polito
Turin, 1975) wrote and directed his debut film Mirafiori Lunapark in 2014, starring Alessandro Haber, Antonio Catania, and Giorgio Colangeli, which was presented at the Turin Film Festival. In 2015, he wrote E poi sarà amore, a diary of pregnancy seen from the father's perspective, distributed by Rizzoli, and previously recounted the founding of Italy's first anti-corruption movement in C'è chi dice no (2012). In 2019, he shot the manifesto film on ius soli Waiting, which won the Audience Award at the Glocal Film Festival in Turin. In 2022, he made Le mille notti, inspired by the novellas Le mille e una notte. In 2024, he presented the documentary La voce di Ventotene to the European Parliament in Brussels, and in 2025, he made the investigative film PIL - Perché Immigrazione è Lavoro and the documentary Nel blu dipinti di rosso.
FILMOGRAFIA
Mirafiori Lunapark (2015), Waiting (2019), Le mille notti (2022), La voce di Ventotene (2024), PIL – Perché Immigrazione è Lavoro (2025), Nel blu dipinti di rosso (2025).
Declaration
film director
Mirafiori, the historical headquarters of FIAT’s first car-manufacturing factory and a symbol of labor union’s struggles of the 1970s, is about to be revamped: the old abandoned warehouse is going to be torn down to make room for the new golf course. But Carlo, Franco and Delfino, who spent most of their lives working in that factory, are not going to leave the premises without trying one last time to repopulate the neighborhood and reconnect with their sons and grandchildren.
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Stefano Di Polito
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Stefano Di Polito, Anna Gasco
fotografia/cinematography
Paolo Ferrari
montaggio/film editing
Raimondo Aiello
scenografia/production design
Alessandro Marrazzo
costumi/costume design
Patrizia Mazzon
musica/music
Saro Cosentino
suono/sound
Marco Tidu
interpreti/cast
Alessandro Haber, Antonio Catania, Giorgio Colangeli, Tiziana Lodato, Carlo Marrapodi, Mariella Fabbris, Mimmo Calopresti, Pietro Dellepiane
produttori/producers
Mimmo Calopresti, Eileen Muriel Tasca
produzione/production
Alien Films
Stefano Di Polito
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Stefano Di Polito, Anna Gasco
fotografia/cinematography
Paolo Ferrari
montaggio/film editing
Raimondo Aiello
scenografia/production design
Alessandro Marrazzo
costumi/costume design
Patrizia Mazzon
musica/music
Saro Cosentino
suono/sound
Marco Tidu
interpreti/cast
Alessandro Haber, Antonio Catania, Giorgio Colangeli, Tiziana Lodato, Carlo Marrapodi, Mariella Fabbris, Mimmo Calopresti, Pietro Dellepiane
produttori/producers
Mimmo Calopresti, Eileen Muriel Tasca
produzione/production
Alien Films
contatti/contacts
Alien Films
Mimmo Calopresti)
