original title:
Nato prematuro
directed by:
screenplay:
Enzo Cei, Laura Guidugli
cinematography:
Enzo Cei, Andrea Chiantelli
music:
producer:
production:
Arsenali Medicei Cinematografica, supported by Ministero della Cultura
country:
Italy
year:
2013
film run:
21'
format:
DCP - colour
status:
Ready (23/10/2013)
festivals & awards:
The film shows the treatment of a premature baby in a hospital’s modern neonatology wing and the relationship between the newborn and the medical setting where he is cared for: the machines, treatments and tests; his crying, hunger and weight; and time, in that blend of power and fragility, miracle and mystery that is human life.
Director’s statement
Highlighting the condition of premature
babies means providing a mass of scientific information that
prompts viewers to become aware of the theme and explore it.
The flurry of hands, voices, tools and machinery that satisfy an
infant’s basic needs in such a delicate, extreme condition leads
one to openly reconsider and reflect upon this valuable lesson in
civilisation: taking care of a human being.