original title:
Bangland
directed by:
screenplay:
editing:
set design:
music:
Fabio D'Onofrio, Alessandro Berghella, Marco Palma
production:
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2015
film run:
60'
format:
colour
release date:
09/06/2016
genre:
animation film
festivals & awards:
A descent into the particular hell of Bangland, a town in America now under President Steven Spielberg, who has declared war on Mahaba, a minor African nation, thereby launching his own war on terror, the gist being that anyone who isn't white is a potential terrorist. On the eve of the presidential elections that could spell the end of Spielberg's presidency, the fates of three characters become entangled: Charlie Tucano and Tony Beretta, modern-day inquisitors working for television evangelist Gold, and Loogie Boogie, an Irish loan shark. The 24-year-old director of animated films from Pescara, Lorenzo Berghella, makes his feature debut after scoring kudos for his first short, Too Bad.