Adam's Pears

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Adam's Pears (Le pere di Adamo)

Adam's Pears (Le pere di Adamo)

original title:

Le pere di Adamo

directed by:

cast:

Luca Mercalli, Iain Mc Larty, François Loïc Glasman, Mariline Gurdon, Mitsou Doudeau, Sandra Bechtel, Giuseppe Battiston

cinematography:

Luciano Federici, Kathleen Friend, Remy Mazet

visual effects:

mBanga Animation Studio

producer:

Silvia Innocenzi, Giovanni Saulini, Lene Bøurglum, Tiziana Cerutti Soudani

production:

Orione Cinematografica, Amka Films Productions, supported by Ministero della Cultura, Zentropa (Copenaghen), I.M.T.M. Film (Paris), with the support of Film Commission Torino Piemonte

country:

Italy/France/Denmark/Switzerland

year:

2007

film run:

90'

format:

35mm - colour

aspect ratio:

1.85:1

sound:

Dolby Digital

status:

Ready (18/09/2007)

festivals & awards:

Clouds appear to be all the same, but only from a distance; they change all the time, and even when they cause damage they are crucial to life on earth. In the same way, social movements put energy back into circulation; they are a response to bottled-up energies in the society at large. Guido Chiesa directs a sort of essay in images that stars a meteorologist, Luca Mercalli; a Scottish teenager, math and music whiz; and an animated cartoon scientist. The result is a highly illuminating and stirring allegory that links weather disturbances to the sensibility of those living on this planet here and now.