Directed by
Princigalli, Giovanni
Languages
Italian, Romanian
Produced by
Giovanni Princigalli with Heros Fragiles
20 min, short film, Quebec, Canada, 2014
In this short movie, two children improvise and stage their actual lives.
Synopsis
This is the story of a friendship and burgeoning love between two Romanian Gypsy kids in a camp on the outskirts of Bari in southern Italy. Vitalis just arrived from Romania. On his first day at school, Vitalis gets taken there by Giuly, but at school he is the victim of an act of racism. Giuly and Vitalis never readed the screenplay, they play with their real names, as they relive and recite their daily.
Credits
Screenplay and direction : Giovanni Princigalli
Image : Luciano Parravicini
Editing: Andrea Caldarola Gadaleta et Giovanni Princigalli
Music : Maria Grazia Abatantuono, Giuseppe Fiore, Alessandro Pipino
Sound recording : Orfeo Genchi
Sound mix : Guillaume Daoust
Producer : Giovanni Princigalli with Heros Fragiles