Santa maledizione

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Santa maledizione

original title:

Santa maledizione

directed by:

screenplay:

Tommaso Paris, Cataldo Picciarelli

cinematography:

Tommaso Paris, Giacomo Scoditti

editing:

Giovanni Pascali

music:

Nicola Pergolini

production:

country:

Italy

year:

2024

film run:

12'

format:

b/w

status:

Ready (01/08/2024)

festivals & awards:

  • Montecatini International Short Film Festival 2024: Concorso Documentari
  • Rieti e Sabina Film Festival 2024: Concorso
  • Lecce Film Festival - Festival del Cinema Invisibile 2024: Concorso

In April 2022, fate bestowed upon Taranto an incredible convergence of events over three profoundly intense days. The resumption of the Rites of Holy Week, following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, coincided with the long-awaited return of the "Derby di Puglia" between Taranto and Bari after a 29-year absence. In 1970, Pasolini famously proclaimed that soccer is the last sacred representation of our time; fifty years later, soccer and religion intertwine, blending the sacred and the profane in a quest for a genuine synthesis of traditions within the heart of the city.