Sunflower Inn
Sunflower Inn

Sunflower Inn

Director Miriam Ernst

Production year 2016

Length 40min.

Country UK

SYNOPSIS

La Locanda dei Girasoli (The Sunflower Inn) in Rome serves great food. But there is one difference from other Roman pizzerias: most of the staff have Down's Syndrome. This 40-minute film observes a special corner of the Italian capital where ordinary human beings achieve the extraordinary.This 40-minute film observes a special corner of the Italian capital where ordinary human beings achieve the extraordinary. We witness a life-giving experiment in integration – moving, funny and somehow heroic. We enter into the interior worlds of the characters to share their joys, sorrows and dreams for the future; dreams that sooner or later will be confronted with the realities of the outside world.

CAST & CREW

Miriam Ernst
Miriam Ernst

Director

FILMS 2017