original title:
La valle delle ombre
directed by:
cast:
Teco Celio, Andrea Osvart, Jean-François Balmer, Donatella Bartoli, Mari Töröcsik, Milán Vajda, Sebastiano Galeppi, Péter Kokics, Jean - François Balmer, Diego Gaffuri, Miklós B. Székely, Michele Andrei, Hunyadkürty György
screenplay:
cinematography:
Francisco Gózon
editing:
Peter Politzer
set design:
costume design:
music:
Paul Glass
producer:
Viviana Queirolo, Áron Sipos
production:
Downtown Pictures, Riforma Film (Ch), Focus Film (Hu), in collaboration with Rtsi, Archangel Film
country:
Switzerland/Italy/Hungary
year:
2009
film run:
95'
format:
35mm - colour
festivals & awards:
Matteo, a boy from the city, goes to visit his grandfather in a secluded mountain village, where he meets his cousin Lidia and three local boys. The kids begin to explore the surrounding nature and start playing a dangerous game. Each of them tells a frightening story, evoking obscure mysteries, rooted in the past of the valley. Those horrifying tales, accurately structured in a time progression, put Matteo and the other kids in a growingly vulnerable state of mind, in which fear will make its part bringing those evil spirits of the past into reality. “The Valleys of Fear” is a dark fairy tale that takes us in a journey through ancient rural worlds, filled with magic and superstition, in which evil and the dark sides of nature prevail.