original title:
Life is a game
directed by:
cinematography:
editing:
music:
Alek Hidell
producer:
production:
Irpi Media, Enece Film, Nepente Film, with the support of European Cultural Foundation
country:
Italy
year:
2023
film run:
60'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (28/08/2023)
festivals & awards:
By hybridizing the language of the ethnographic interview with animated fiction, the film places the viewer at the center of a fictitious assembly of riders: in this choral dialogue the protagonists are 13 riders from three continents. Through their story, the film sheds light on the impact that this new form of economy has not only on their daily gamified life, but also on urban geography, constantly redesigned in terms of routes and in the spaces’ use. What emerges is a complex, personal and at times contradictory vision of the role of riders in the city, often in total antithesis with the narrative conveyed by the marketing departments of the big company involved in this sector of economy.