Lao

Directed by Gabriele Nardis

SYNOPSIS

Lao is an elderly who lives in a new residential village following an earthquake that destroyed his village and his home, erasing his memories and his past and causing him to fall into loneliness and bewilderment. The searching for an old harmonica lost under the old village’s rubbles becomes for Lao a metaphor of a search for what has been lost, both outside and inside him, and of a reconciliation with nature and its laws.

CREDITS

Italy 2013 – Fiction – 4K – Stereo/Dolby 5.1 – Ita – 17’30” • written and directed by Gabriele Sabatino Nardis • starring Franco Villani, Sofia Lucia Circi, Antonio Duronio, Lino Guanciale, Alberto Santucci, Rossana Crisi Villani, Raul Popescu, Jonus Kurtishi, Roberto Serone • director of photography Federico Annicchiarico • camera operator Federico Annicchiarico • camera operator assistant Matteo Rea • steadicam operator Valerio Graziosi • crane operator Peppe Tonelli • director assistant Antonio De Palo • film editor Luigi Mearelli (A.M.C.) • assistant editor Laura Orrù • sound engineer Francesco Iscaro, Simone Panetta • sound designer Simonluca Laitempergher • dub Andrea Di Rocco • music by Fabrizio Mancinelli • scenography by Gianluca Amodio • costumes manager Chiara Curci • make-up Bruna Cianfarani • hair stylist Priscilla Ammannito • grip and gaffer Sergio Tripodi, Domenico Pico • digital colorist Sebastiano Greco • executive production Giuseppe Schettino • production director Marco Riccardi • production assistant Irene Malatesta, Giulia Lorenzo • Ass. cult. Furconium and Peperonitto Film • distribution manager Luigi Cuomo, Gabriele Sabatino Nardis, Paolo Santamaria • distributed by Red Couch Pictures

AWARDS

Progetto finanziato nell’ambito del programma NextAppennino per il rilancio economico e sociale delle regioni del Centro Italia colpite dai terremoti del 2009 e del 2016