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Red like the sky (Rosso come il cielo)

Red like the sky (Rosso come il cielo)

Red like the sky (Rosso come il cielo)

original title:

Rosso come il cielo

directed by:

Cristiano Bortone

cast:

Paolo Sassanelli, Luca Capriotti, Marco Cocci, Simone Colombari, Francesca Maturanza, Rosanna Gentili, Giusi Merli, Simone Gulli, Patrizia La Fonte, Francesco Campobasso, Alessandro Fiori, Andrea Gussoni, Michele Iorio

screenplay:

Cristiano Bortone, Monica Zapelli, Paolo Sassanelli

cinematography:

Vladan Radovic

editing:

Carla Simoncelli

set design:

Davide Bassan

costume design:

Monica Simeone

music:

Ezio Bosso

producer:

Cristiano Bortone, Daniele Mazzocca

production:

Orisa Produzioni, supported by Ministero della Cultura

distribution:

Archibald Enterprise Film [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2005

film run:

95'

format:

35mm - colour

aspect ratio:

1.85:1

sound:

Dolby Digital

release date:

09/03/2007

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It is 1970. Mirco is a Tuscan child in love with cinema. He loses his eyesight in an accident. At that time, the law regards blind people as handicapped, and does not allow them to attend public school, his parents are forced to send him to an institution. Here, the little boy finds an old reel to reel tape player and discovers that in slicing up the tape and piecing it back together and using only the sounds, he can create fairy tales. As the people at the Institute try and stop him from pursuing his hobby, Mirco will gradually convince the other blind children to discover their own talents and normality.
The true story of Mirco Mencacci, who eventhough he was blind, became one of the most renown sound editors in Italian cinema.