original title:
Fino a qui tutto bene
directed by:
cast:
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
Rincen Caravacci
costume design:
Rincen Caravacci
music:
I Gatti Mezzi e Zen Circus
producer:
production:
contact: tuttobenefilm@gmail.com
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2014
film run:
80'
format:
colour
release date:
19/03/2015
festivals & awards:
The last weekend for five guys who studied and lived in the same house, where they ate old jars of spaghetti sauce and pasta with nothing on it, experienced stretches of boredom and rapid hookups, pulled all-nighters studying and parties at dawn, envy, joy, sparkling wine, love and hurt. But now that naive, exciting and protected time of life is about to end, and they will have to become responsible adults. Each of them will go in a different direction, making choices that will change everything. Some will stay in their home town, others will leave to work abroad. This is the story of the last three days during which five friends share what might be the best time of their life, a moment they will never forget.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT:
In 2013, the University of
Pisa asked me to make a documentary. And I was
surprised to find myself talking to kids who, rather
than complain about the economic crisis, took it as
a challenge. To raise the stakes, rather than give up.
This is how we got the idea for talking about the
end of that naïve, protected period. Instead of going
to a producer who would tell us there was no more
money, rather than give up, we put together a motley
crew of young enthusiasts. The organizer was the
owner of a bookstore, the data manager an intern
at the Tirreno News, the editing secretary was the
screenwriter and my partner, five months pregnant.
We only had one electrician/key grip, only one
costume and set designer. We were free to make a
film that belonged to us. The actors slept in the house
we were filming in so that they actually became
roommates, and we didn’t spend any money on a
hotel. This climate turned us into the characters of
the film: the actors wore their own clothes, the rooms
were their own, and when we left that house, we had
a lump in our throats.