Sailing HomeItaly
2001, 88min.
Dir./Script. Vincenzo Marra, Dir. of Phot. R.Civa, Edit. L. Benedetti, Art. Dir. R.De Angelis, Music by A.Guerra, Prod. G.Arcopinto, A.Pagani.
Cast: A.S. D’Antuono, G.Iaccarino, S.Iaccarino, R.Papa, A.Abdelaziz.
Life is hard for a group of Neapolitan fishermen living in Sicily. In an attempt to increase their haul, Salvatore, the captain, pushes his men into African territorial waters, endangering their lives so they decide to return to Flegrea in Naples, which is where they originally came from. They want to start again...
Festival and Awards: Venice International Film Festival 2001 – Best Film of Critics Week, Mostra de Valencia 2001 – Best Director, Sao Paulo International Film festival 2001, Buenos Aires International Film Festival 2002 – Best Film, Rotterdam International Film Festival 2002, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2002, Palm Springs International Film Festival 2002, Vancouver International Film Festival 2002. | Marra, Vincenzo Vincenzo Marra (born 1972, Naples)
After starting a law degree, he started to work as a sports photographer. He moved to cinema in 1996 and made his debut with the shorts Una rosa prego and La vestizione (1998), which he himself wrote, directed and produced. He was awarded a Solinas scholarship for his screenplay Giorno per giorno. He was second assistant director to Marco Bechis in Garage Olimpo (1998).
Filmography
One Rose, Please (1998), Ordinatio (1998), E.A.M – Straingers in the Crowd (2001), Wind of the Earth (2004).
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