Small Homeland
Filmfest 2014
OT: PICCOLA PATRIA
Italy 2013
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Albanian, Italian)
German Premiere
Director: Alessandro Rossetto
Section: CineVision
The story could have been set in any small town in the world, according to Alessandro Rossetto. And yet this film could not have been made anywhere else but in this specific village in the hinterland of Venice. For one sweltering summer, Rossetto made grateful use of everything the surroundings offered. There was a screenplay, but that was 'ready to be destroyed', as he put it himself. In a whirlwind of observation and improvisation, he recreated the story afresh with often non-professional actors from the region. The story is about two young women: the lively, uninhibited Luisa and the dark and angry Renata. And about Luisa's boyfriend Bilal, an immigrant from Albania, and the older man with whom Renata has a relationship. It's a story about blackmail. About rudely sensual youth and conservative elders set in their ways. About becoming what you want and what you’re willing to sacrifice for that.
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Cast: Maria Roveran, Roberta da Soller, Vladimir Doda, Diego Ribon, Lucia Mascino
Credits
Screenplay: Caterina Serra, Alessandro Rossetto, Maurizio Braucci
Director of Photography: Daniel Mazza
Film Editor: Jacopo Quadri
Composer: Paolo Segat, Alessandro Cellai, Maria Roveran
Production Designer: Renza Mara Calabrese
Costume Design: Anna Lazzarini
Sound: Paolo Segat
Producer: Gianpaolo Smiraglia
Production Company: Arsenali Medicei SRL
Co-Producer: Luigi Pepe
World Sales: Arsenali Medicei SRL
Director: Alessandro Rossetto
