SYNOPSIS
A journey across Italy set to the rhythm of long-distance express trains, long abandoned to a destiny of slow decay, as they cross the Italian peninsula from South to North and back again, in a trip spanning night and day. It is a succession of landscapes, buildings, faces, dialects, voices and lives which blend together onboard the trains.
Awards
Special Mention | Venice IFF, Italy, 2007
CAST & CREW
Pietro Marcello
Director
Producer(s)
Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima
Script
Pietro Marcello
Director of Photography
Daria d’Antonio
Music by
Mirko Signorile, Marco Messina
Sound
Michele Caruso
Edit
Aline Herve
Production company(ies)
Indigo Film, LOGO, Rai Tre, Mercurio Cinematografica
Pietro Marcello
Born 1976, Caserta, Italy. Between 1998 and 2003 Marcello worked in organizing and planning the Cinedamm screening sessions at the Damm centre in Montesanto, Naples. He has worked as an assistant director on a number of Italian films. In 2004, he directed the documentary film, Il cantiere,which was awarded at the Festival Libero Bizzarri. His film Crossing the Line, selected in 2007 for the Orizzonti section of the Venice IFF, gained him international recognition, along with his other documentaries.
Filmography
Map (2003, short), Scampia (2003, short), Il cantiere (2004. short), The Hovel (2005, short), Crossing the Line (2007), The Mouth of the Wolf (2009), Napoli 24 (segment Rettifilo, 2010,), .Marco Bellocchio,Venezia 2011 (2011, short), The Silence of Peleshyan (2011).
