original title:
Nel cerchio degli uomini
directed by:
cast:
Mario Fatibene, Oliver Malcor, Domenico Matarozzo, Roberto Poggi
cinematography:
editing:
music:
producer:
production:
KON - TIKI Film, Rai Documentari, with the support of Film Commission Torino Piemonte
country:
Italy
year:
2023
film run:
90'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (16/11/2023)
Roberto, Domenico and Mario are bound by their wish to build a future in which the male cultural model distances itself from the concepts of competition and power, and instead bases itself on the richness of emotions and relationships. Nel cerchio degli uomini tells the personal and collective stories that emerge from the various activities carried out by their association, starting with the male self-awareness circle but also including discussion groups in schools on gender stereotypes, counselling for men who behave violently, and a Theatre of the Oppressed workshop and play on masculinity, organised by Oliver and involving men from different cultural backgrounds.
A woman, the director, listens to them with discretion and attempts to capture the sense of their experiences and their investigation into emotions and relationships, and what seems to emerge – tentatively but encouragingly – is a new way of being men and an original quest for awareness and liberty.
Director's note
Nel cerchio degli uomini brings an original perspective: that of a group of men whose search for awareness and freedom challenges the patriarchal culture from within. I strongly and urgently feel the need to tell the story of these men and their uncommon perspective, capable of illuminating the hidden sense of the reality and the culture in which we all live – those dynamics of being male or female, which make us suffer individually and collectively, and which we are unable to decode. The quest undertaken by Roberto, Domenico, Mario and Oliver is, for me, an enlightening example, with intrinsic and extraordinary potential for change.