La notte brucia (Short)

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original title:

La notte brucia

directed by:

Angelica Gallo

cast:

Eugenio Deidda, Lorenzo Di Iulio, Valerio Bracale, Aniello Arena, Marcello Fonte, Abel Ferrara

screenplay:

Nicolò Galbiati, Angelica Gallo, Eugenio Deidda

cinematography:

Marcin Szoltysek

editing:

Massimo Da Re

music:

Schwefelgelb

producer:

Angelica Gallo, Guendalina Folador

production:

Angelika Film

distribution:

Save The Cut - Son of A Pitch [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2021

film run:

15'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (09/11/2021)

festivals & awards:

ShorTS – International Film Festival 2022: Official Selection
Valencia Cinema Jove International Film Festival 2022: Curtmetratges
Turin Film Festival 2021: Torino 39 corti - Prize Rai Cinema Channel
Corto Dorico 2021: Fuori Concorso
Festival del Cinema di Porretta Terme - Porretta Cinema 2021
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival 2022
Cortinametraggio 2022: Concorso cortometraggi
Sicafilm Los Angeles international Film awards 2022: Best Short Film
Metropolis Film Festival 2022
MUFF'22 / Mieres Under-60 'Film Festival 2022: International Shorts
Festival Fenȇtres sur courts 2022: European Competition
Falvaterra Film Festival 2022
FMK – International Short Film Festival 2022: Premio Young
Maremetraggio 2022
Festival del Cinema di Cefalù 2022: Menzione d’onore
Minikino Film Week 2022
Vertigo Film Fest 2022: Selezione Ufficiale
Visioni Italiane Festival 2022: Selezione Ufficiale
International Short Film Festival Vision 2022: Selezione Ufficiale
Urban Visions. Beyond the ideal city 2022: Finalista
Girogirocorto Film Festival 2022: Selezione Ufficiale
Accordi @ DISACCORDI 2022: Selezione Ufficiale
Festival dei Lumi 2022: Best Italian Short Film, Miglior Attore (Eugenio Deidda)
Cortoconfine International Film Festival 2023: Selezione Ufficiale
Oudeis international Film Festival 2023: Premio del pubblico
Mompeo international film short festival 2023: Menzione Speciale
Festival du Film Jeune de Lyon 2023: Selezione Ufficiale

Born and raised in a small town, Max doesn’t study or work. With the help of his friends, Antonio and Hamza, Max takes pleasure in stealing jewellery and valuable objects that they could then resell to unscrupulous jewellerystores. The days pass in a repetition of petty thefts and meetings with a pusher from whom they buy all kinds of drugs, until the unexpected happens.

DIRECTOR’S NOTES:
Max, Antonio and Hamza, are just three ordinary boys, children of fake news on Facebook and of an Italy fueled by cheap cocaine, where small provinces are becomingviolent for no apparent reason. These young people are not united with each other, and without prospects, culture or education, they don’t really know how to react or rebel. We don’t even really know why, or against whom,they are rebelling.
Therefore the only God to dedicate oneself to is Money as an end in itself, completely liberatedfrom what was done to obtain it.
There is no work culture, because there is not really any culture other than the fashion houselabels, the Instagram profiles of music stars and influencers.
Underpinning this story is the cliché of the graduate who ends up as a garbage collector being omnipresent in society. The parents who work honestly all day for a thousand euros turn into losers; there can be no pride in them, norpity.

La notte brucia (Short)

by Angelica Gallo