Sciatu meo

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Sciatu meo

original title:

Sciatu meo

directed by:

cinematography:

set design:

music:

production:

Zabbara, Full Moon Films, with the support of: Fondazione Alta Mane Italia, Otto per Mille della Chiesa Valdese, Cine Teatro Ariston di Trapani

country:

Italy/France

year:

2023

film run:

15'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (01/09/2023)

festivals & awards:

  • Premio Cinematografico "Fausto Rossano per il Pieno Diritto alla Salute" 2023: Concorso Cortometraggi
  • Porto Cesareo Film Festival 2023: Concorso Cortometraggi
  • Kobani International Film Festival 2023
  • Golden Lion International Film Festival 2023: Award winner
  • Absurd Film Festival 2023: Award winner
  • Nitiin International Film Festival 2023
  • Metropolis Film Festival 2024
  • I-Fest International Film Festival 2024

Peppe retraces the memories that connect him to the last strip of land where Europe ends, to the house overlooking the cliffs where he grew up, and to the Sicily of his birth. The fainted image of his family and the last moments of his carefree childhood, resurface in his mind. The friends he had to abandon too soon; his grandfather who tirelessly recounted stories of the sea; an unfulfilled father; and a mother descending into the spiral of depression. During Peppe’s journey coming home, years unravel over the miles that he put between himself and home. Years of absence echo in the dull sound of the wind breaking against the rocks. Peppe goes back home to retrieve, from the seabed, the breath of life (sciatu meo) that sustains his vitality, as well as his memory of an eternal love.