| Director: | Fabio D’Innocenzo, Damiano D’Innocenzo |
|---|---|
| Production: | The Apartment (Lorenzo Mieli), Vision Distribution, Le Pacte |
| Running Time: | 90’ |
| Language: | Italian |
| Country: | Italy, France |
| Main Cast: | Elio Germano, Astrid Casali, Sara Ciocca, Maurizio Lastrico, Carlotta Gamba, Federica Pala, Filippo Dini, Massimo Wertmüller |
| Screenplay: | Damiano e Fabio D’Innocenzo |
| Cinematographer: | Paolo Carnera |
| Editor: | Walter Fasano |
| Production Designer: | Roberto De Angelis |
| Costume Designer: | Massimo Cantini Parrini |
| Music: | Verdena |
| Sound: | Maricetta Lombardo |
| Visual Effects: | Chromatica |
Cinema
America Latina
Venezia 78 Competition
Synopsis
Latina: marshes, reclaimed land, disused nuclear power plants, moisture. Massimo Sisti is the proprietor of a dental surgery that bears his name. Professional, courteous and calm, he has attained everything he could have desired: a villa in a peaceful setting and a family he loves and that keeps him company as the days, the months, the years go past. His wife Alessandra and daughters Laura and Ilenia (the former a teenager, the latter not yet) are his raison d’être, his happiness, the reward for a life rooted in self-sacrifice and honesty. Then the unforeseen bursts into this imperturbable and calm springtime: on a day like any other Massimo goes down to the cellar and the absurd takes possession of his life.
Directors’ Statement
We chose to tell this story because, simply, it was the one we found most disturbing. As human beings, as storytellers, as viewers. A story that raised questions for us to which we had (and still do not have, even after finishing the film) no answers that did not contradict each other. Making us question ourselves is the most valuable mission that cinema can permit itself and America Latina takes this possibility literally, presenting us with a man forced to reconsider his own identity. Being twins, our two previous films also told stories of families, of a feeling of belonging, of kinship, but we had never gone so deeply into the subject and we chose to take the riskiest path for us: kindness. Kindness and all its extreme consequences. America Latina is a film on light and we have chosen the privileged viewpoint of darkness from which to observe it.
Production/Distribution
PRODUCTION1: Lorenzo Mieli – The Apartment
Via Nicotera 29
00195 – Roma, Italia
http://www.theapartment.it
PRODUCTION 2: Massimiliano Orfei – Vision Distribution
Via Po 12
00198 – Roma, Italia
emanuela.semeraro@visiondistribution.it
http://www.visiondistribution.it
PRODUCTION 3: Jean Labadie, Alice Labadie – Le Pacte
5, rue Darcet
75017 – Paris, France,
Tel. +33 144695959
a.labadie@le-pacte.com
http://www.le-pacte.com
WORLD SALES: Catia Rossi – Vision Distribution
Via Po 12
00198 – Roma, Italia
catia.rossi@visiondistribution.it
http://www.visiondistribution.it
ITALIAN DISTRIBUTION (PRESS OFFICE): Emanuela Semeraro – Vision Distribution
Via Po 12
00198 – Roma, Italia
emanuela.semeraro@visiondistribution.it
http://www.visiondistribution.it
PRESS OFFICE: Claudia Tomassini – Claudia Tomassini and Associates
Mob. +49 1732955794
claudia@claudiatomassini.com
US PRESS OFFICE:– Emilie Spiegel – Cinetic Media
emilie@cineticmedia.com
ITALIAN PRESS OFFICE: Gabriele Barcaro, Marinella Di Rosa
Tel (1).+39 340 5538425 (G. Barcaro)
Tel (2). + 39 3357612295 (M. Di Rosa)
gabriele.barcaro@gmail.com
marinella.dirosa7@gmail.com
