Sponde

Directed by Paolo Sideri

SYNOPSIS

Paolo is 22-year old boy and he feels a constant inadequacy and ineptitude sense caused by the complicated relationship with his mother, who doesn’t know about his homosexuality, and by the conflict with his home town, Lanciano, that he loves deeply but where he can’t see a future in, making him feel constantly inadequate and unable to be his true self. Driven by a great desire for emancitapion, he decides not to give up and begins a series of inteviews with people who stayed in that provincial environment and kee fighting just like he does.

CREDITS

Italy 2020 – Documentary – Digital Full HD – Stereo/Dolby 5.1 – Ita – 40′ • written and directed by Paolo Sideri • starring Paolo Sideri, Matteo Giampetruzzi, Nino Loreto, Nunzia Margheriti, Gabriele Petrangelo, Marialuisa Pietrangelo and Giuseppina Mignona • director of photography Paolo Sideri • camera operators Martina Galiè, Paolo Sideri • drone operator Antonio Turco • camera operator assistant Orazio Ciancone • film editor Paolo Sideri • post production manager Paolo Sideri • music Jacopo Gaeta • mix and mastering Piero Fasoli, Rainer Russo • executive production CSC Abruzzo • distribution manager Luigi Cuomo, Gabriele Sabatino Nardis, Paolo Santamaria • Distributed by Red Couch Pictures • Ⓒ Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia 2020

AWARDS

Initiative realized with the contribution and the patronage
of the Italian Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual
Ministry of Culture (MIC)