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Il confessionale

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Il confessionale

original title:

Il confessionale

directed by:

Davide Pompeo

cast:

Nicola Liberato, Beppe “Icks” Borea, Mario Massari, Angelo Mirretta Barone, Carlo Costantini, Martina Suriani, Amedeo Bolletta, Michelle Iocco, Valentina Verna

screenplay:

Davide Pompeo

cinematography:

Valentina Verna

editing:

Davide Pompeo

set design:

Giovanni Colaizzi

music:

Marco Di Nardo, Nicola Ceroli

production:

PompeoFilms

country:

Italy

year:

2013

film run:

10'32"

format:

colour

release date:

02/01/2016

festivals & awards:

  • InContatto Festival 2013: Best Screenplay
  • International Fano Film Festival 2013: Special Jury Mention
  • International Short Film Festival of India 2014: Best Foreign Film
  • Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2014: Official Selection
  • Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2014: Official Selection
  • Teheran Short Film Festival 2014: Official Selection
  • Visioni Corte Film Festival 2014: Official Selection
  • Muestra de Cine de Palencia 2014: Official Selection
  • Corti Mo'desti Festival 2014: Official Selection
  • Saltburn film festival 2014: Official Selection
  • International Short Film Festival The Unprecedented cinema 2014: Official Selection
  • Clorofilla Film Festival 2014: Official Selection
  • Amiata Shortfilm Festival 2014: Official Selection
  • Malta Short Film Festival 2014: Official Selection
  • Certamen De Cortometrajes "El Pecado" 2014: Official Selection
  • FIC International Short Film Festival 2014: Official Selection
  • International TV Festival Bar 2014: Official Selection
  • Aberdeen's International Film Festival 2014: Official Selection
  • Birgu Short Film Festival 2014: Official Selection
  • Ce l'ho Corto 2015: Official Selection
  • Jaipur International Film Festival 2015: Official Selection

This short film is a tribute to the resistance in Italy during the Second World War. The story takes place during the last months of 1943 in a small town. A young partisan, escaping from a group of nazis, hides in a confessional, pretending to be a priest. He will then be forced to confess the German major he fought the day before and who is responsible for his brother's death.