Cinema
SYNOPSIS
A man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says: “your friend Luigi has died. P.S. I took the car.” The first problem is that he has no idea who this Luigi is, but this is just the beginning of a tragicomic day during which he will be plunged into the folly of the world, and which will prove to be one of those days that change you forever.
DIRECTOR’S NOTES
Orecchie is a sort of road movie on foot that follows a guy on a tragi-comic “Way of the Cross” through a Rome viewed in black and white. It is the story of a man without a name who, through a succession of strange encounters, puts together all the pieces of a puzzle that will eventually create a more-or-less coherent image of himself.
It is a comedy about the sense of bewilderment, of being lost, and of detachment from the world around us: a world that often seems crazy, incomprehensible and threatening. It is about our fear of anonymity, and at the same time our desire for it, which are two contradictory impulses in constant conflict within each one of us. It is about the ringing in the ears that we try to ignore every day, by concealing it below the surface of our lives… like dust that we brush under the carpet.
CREDITS
PRODUCED BY Matrioska
DISTRIBUTED BY 102 Distribution
DIRECTOR Alessandro Aronadio
STORY Alessandro Aronadio and Astutillo Smeriglia
SCRIPT Alessandro Aronadio
WITH THE COLLABORATION OF Valerio Cilio
PHOTOGRAPHY Francesco Di Giacomo
EDITING Roberto Di Tanna
MUSIC Santi Pulvirenti
SET DESIGN Daniele Frabetti
COSTUMES Ginevra De Carolis
CASTING Gabriella Giannattasio
SOUND ENGINEER Adriano Di Lorenzo, Marzia Cordò, Daniela Bassani,
Giancarlo Rutigliano, Stefano Del Grosso
Cast (in order of appearance)
LUI Daniele Parisi
SUOR INCATENATA Silvana Bosi
SUOR GERARDA Masaria Colucci
LA VICINA Sonia Gessner
L’IMPIEGATA DEL PRONTO SOCCORSO Francesca Antonelli
PHILIPPO Re Salvador
L’OTORINO Andrea Purgatori
IL GASTROENTEROLOGO Massimo Wertmuller
REMO Paolo Giovannucci
ALICE Silvia D’amico
ROSANNA Pamela Villoresi
NIKOLAJ Ivan Franek
L’IMPIEGATO DEL FAST FOOD Niccolo’ Senni
LA DIRETTRICE DEL GIORNALE Piera Degli Esposti
LA SIGNORA MARINETTI Milena Vukotic
GIANCARLO Rocco Papaleo
PREMI
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Venice Film Festival 2016 – Biennale College – Cinema section:
· The Young Cinema Award: best film
· Nuovo Imaie Award: best debuting actor
· Fedic: Il Giornale del Cibo – Special Mention for the best food scene
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Copenhagen International Film Festival CPH PIX 2016 – New Crowned Hopes sections
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Vevey International Funny Film Festival 2016 – in competition
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Festival du Cinema Italien de Villerupt 2016 – in competition
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Montecarlo Film Festival de la Comédie (March 2017):
· Audience Award
· Best Actor Award
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Open Roads: New Italian Cinema (June 2017 New York)
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Seattle International Film Festival (June 2017)
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Bari International Film Festival – Bif&st (April 2017):
· Ettore Scola Award for Best Director of first or second works
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Ischia Film Festival (June 2017):
· Castello Aragonese Award for Best Director
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ShorTS Film Festival (Trieste July 2017)
· Hera Award for the Best Film· Award for the Best Production
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CinéCiak d’oro Colpo di Fulmine (July 2017)
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Nastro d’Argento (Silver Ribbon) nomination for the Best Comedy 2017