DUST is the adventure of eight physically and mentally disabled persons who have been living in the Cottolengo Institute of Turin for over fifty years. This is neither a script nor an attempt to tell their discomfort.Through a creative artistic path revolving around theatre, these characters in search of an author stage themselves and the life that they would like to lead. This study resulted in a theatrical trilogy precisely entitled Polvere (Dust).
“I regard this small group of actors as survivors. Survivors of an old age, who perform the play of life, – the desired life instead of the real one – through the theatre. And then they look like the heroes of this dream, a Ulysses in love with his Penelope, a minnesinger disguised as a sailor peering at other places, other races and other feelings with his binoculars, a buffoon dressed as the Pink Panther mocking an entire Parliament which focuses on the eternal battle on the cry of “Vote for me!”, a dumb actor who has fun with silent movies playing the part of Charlot and a Snow White, who does not know her age and is secretly in love with the seven dwarfs.”
Details:
Regie: Gabriele Falsetta
Produzent: Giulio Baraldi von Kess Film
Genre: kurz Dokumentation
Länge: 20’
Italy/Germany 2015
Festival Participations & Awards
TORINO FILM FESTIVAL 2015 – World Premiere
FESTIVAL DIVI PER UN CORTO ALESSANDRIA 2015 / Special Jury Award
FESTIVAL PIEMONTE MOVIE 2016 / Best short and best script
BERLINALE 2016 – European Film Market
PERPETUUM MINSK FILM FESTIVAL (Official Competition)
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2016 (Official Competition)
TRIPOLI FILM FESTIVAL (LEBANON) 2016 (Official Competition)
FESTIVAL WE CARE NEW DEHLI 2016