ITALY / 15 MIN / 2022 / FICTION / DCP 2K / 2.35:1 / STEREO / COLOR & B/N
Subtitles available: English, Italian, Spanish
Massimo is the owner of a bathhouse, everything has changed since he discovered he has Parkinson’s disease. Meeting an African boy will allow him to react to pain, put it aside, and understand that he can still take care of his neighbor.
Massimo è il proprietario di uno stabilimento balneare, tutto è cambiato da quando ha scoperto di avere il morbo di Parkinson. L’incontro con un ragazzo africano gli darà l’opportunità di reagire al dolore, di metterlo da parte, di capire che è ancora in grado di prendersi cura del suo prossimo.
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Festivals & Awards
In the Palace International Short Film Festival (BGR, 2024) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival
Officine Social Movie Arezzo (ITA, 2023) – BEST SHORT FILM
Festival del Cinema di Senigallia (ITA, 2023) – PREMIO FIUMI E MARE
Festival Concorso Pasinetti (ITA, 2023) – PREMIO FRANCESCO PASINETTI
Festival Luoghi dell’Anima (ITA, 2023) – BEST SHORT FILM
Lunigiana Cinema Festival (ITA, 2023) – MIGLIOR CORTOMETRAGGIO CATEGORIA LIBERO
Ariano Film Festival (ITA, 2023) – BEST SHORT FILM MADE IN CAMPANIA
Festival Corto e a capo – Premio Mario Puzzo (ITA, 2023) – MIGLIOR CORTO SOCIALE
Fernando di Leo Short Film Festival (ITA, 2023) – BEST ACTOR, BEST SHORT FILM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Bardi Film Festival (ITA, 2023) – MIGLIOR CORTO GIURIA POPOLARE
Mequinenza International Film Festival (ESP, 2023) – BEST ACTOR ‘NANDO PAONE’
Fluvione Film Festival (ITA, 2023) – PREMIO INTEGRAZIONE E DIVERSITA
Napoli Film Festival (ITA, 2023) – BEST ACTOR
Racconti di Mare – Premio Penisola Sorrentina (ITA, 2023) – PREMIO SPECIALE UNIVERSITA’ VANVITELLI MIGLIOR ATTORE ‘Nando Paoneo’
NurSind Care Film Festival – NCFF (ITA, 2023) – SPECIAL MENTION
Premio Fausto Rossano (ITA, 2023) – WINNER FOCUS CAMPANIA, PREMIO SPECIALE FAUSTO ROSSANO A NANDO PAONE
Sa.Fi.Ter (ITA, 2023) – BEST SHORT FILM (Corti in Puglia), BEST DIRECTOR (Corti in Puglia)
AS Film Festival (ITA, 2023) – PREMIO SCUOLE SECONDARIE DI SECONDO GRADO
Accordi @ Disaccordi International Short Film Festival (ITA, 2023) – BEST SHORT FILM CAMPANIA, BEST ACTOR ‘Nando Paone’
Il Corto.it – Festa di Roma 2023 (ITA, 2023) – BEST DIRECTOR
Festival Internacional de Cortos Ernesto Esteban Etchenique (ARG, 2023) – AUDIENCE AWARD
Est Film Festival (ITA, 2023) – ARCO D’ARGENTO PREMIO AIDO SEZ. MONTEFIASCONE
CortiSonanti International Short Film Festival (ITA, 2023) – BEST ACTOR
Milazzo Film Festival (ITA, 2024) – PREMIO DEPAGROUP
RIFF Rome Independent Film Festival (ITA, 2022)
Giffoni School Experience 3 (ITA, 2023)
Ischia Film Festival (ITA, 2023) sez. ‘Best Of’
Lo Spiraglio Film Festival (ITA, 2023)
Festival del Cinema Italiano (ITA, 2023)
Festival Corti in Villa (ITA, 2023)
Terre da Film Festival (ITA, 2023)
Festival di Marettimo (ITA, 2023)
Festival dei Corti (ITA, 2023)
Pop Corn Festival del Corto (ITA, 2023)
AmarCorti – Umbria Film Festival (ITA, 2023)
San Rocco Film Festival (ITA, 2023)
Sezze Film Festival (ITA, 2023)
Filmare Festival (ITA, 2023)
Meglio Matti che Corti – Mat Film Week (ITA, 2023)
Il corto al museo – Museo del Cinema di Siracusa (ITA, 2023) – Non competitive
Corto Dino (ITA, 2023)
ArTelesia Benevento Social Film Festival (ITA, 2023)
Corti (e) Senza Fissa Dimora (ITA, 2023)
Be Green Film festival (ITA, 2023)
Roma Film Corto (ITA, 2023)
Afragola Short Film Festival (ITA, 2023)
ICFF – Lavazza IncluCity Festival (CAN, 2023)
One Country One Film (FRA, 2024)
Grenzland-Filmtage Selb (DEU, 2024)
20th European Film Festival Integration You and Me (POL, 2023)
Monstrale – International Short Film Halle (DEU, 2023)
Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival (DZA, 2023)
Lublin Film Festival (POL, 2023)
Press: Interviews & Reviews
Review by Enrico Nicolosi for Centro Nazionale del Corto.
Taxidrivers by Veronica Ranocchi – Dal mare una vera e propria riflessione sulla vita.
Q&A at In The Palace International Short Film Festival
cast
Nando Paone, Gea Martire, Joshua David Atotor, Pina Di Gennaro, Claudia Tranchese, Giorgio Romanelli
directed by
Lorenzo Marinelli
written by
Lorenzo Marinelli, Luca Lepone
produced by
Sergio Panariello, Luca Zingone, Vincenzo De Marco, Antonio De Palo
production companies
Open Mind, Beagle Media, Assedio Film
1st AD
Martino Mangiacapra
production manager
Irene Della Volpe
director of photography
Valerio Martorelli
art director
Rosaria Minervini, Clara Iuliano
costumes by
Teresa Papa, Tina Avino
make-up
Federica Palmieri
editing by
Diego Liguori
sound design
Luca Ranieri, Nicola Intini
music
Dario Tatoli
animation
Marta Fontana
distribution and world sales
Lorenzo Marinelli's bio
Lorenzo Marinelli (Napoli, 1983) graduated in ‘Scienze della Comunicazione’ at the University Suor Orsola Benincasa. In 2011 he obtained a master's degree in journalism. He has written and directed short films, web series, and documentaries, winning national and international awards. He was the second unit director for TV series and feature films.