original title:
The Show Mas Go On
directed by:
screenplay:
cinematography:
Niccolò Berretta, Filippo Silli
editing:
producer:
Rä di Martino, Federica Illuminati, Federica Maria Bianchi, Marcella Libonati, Giovanna Mettifogo
production:
Produzioni Illuminati, Cattleya, Snaporazverein, with the support of Gucci e di Roma Capitale, Assessorato alla Cultura, Creatività e PromozioneArtistica, Dipartimento Cultura
country:
Italy
year:
2014
film run:
31'50"
format:
DCP - colour
status:
Ready (18/07/2014)
festivals & awards:
MAS (the department stores of Via Statuto ‘Magazzini allo Statuto’) opens in Rome at the beginning of last century as the biggest luxury department store of the city. Of that grandeur perhaps now only remain the chandeliers in mid-air some almost touching the floors now covered with torn carpets.
Mas is now known as the People’s stores. Thousands metres square with unimaginable quantities of dust welcome an amazing varied humanity: drag-queen, young Moldavian brides, sisters looking for bras and undies in big piles. This cult place has become a ‘stage’ on which the usuals of the place are observed with documentary style scenes intertwined to scenes with actors trying to bring out the spirit, atmosphere and energy of the place.