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VIA SAN CIPRIANO

SAN CIPRIANO ROAD

2019 | 67 min. | Germany, Italy | Documentary | HD 16:9 | Color | Italian

Zeegotoh / Baburka Production

SYNOPSIS

 

On a blazing mid August day the Balduina neighbourhood in the north of Rome seems deserted, just like in the opening scene of Dino Risi's classic "Il Sorpasso", when the suburb had just been built. While everybody else has escaped to the beach, four siblings over ninety stay behind in their shaded apartments on Via San Cipriano, Emilia, Benedetta, Elide and Augusto. They built their house as a cooperative during the 1950ies boom, with the help of generous state subsidies. It was their ticket into the middle class. Husbands and wives have since passed away, the children moved out long ago. When Emilia's granddaughter shows up for an unexpected visit, past and present blend together over co-living situations and memories well kept.

MARKETS

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SCREENINGS & AWARDS (selection)

LISBOA Olhares do Mediterrâneo 2019, Portugal - Best Feature Film

ROMA Cinema Doc 2019, Italy - Best Film & Best Italian Documentary

BELLARIA Film Festival, Italy - Special Mention "Bei Young Doc"

BUENOS AIRES International Documentary Film Festival 2020, Argentina

BEIRUT International Women Film Festival 2019, Lebanon

IERAPETRA International Documentary Festival 2019, Greece

MONTE FAITO Documentary Festival 2019, Italy

EINDHOVEN Docfeed Film Festival 2019, Netherlands

TIRANA Dea Film Festival 2019, Albania

CANNES Mediterrean Film Festival 2019, France

LA PAZ International Film Festival 2019, Bolivia

YEREVAN Apricot International Documentary Film Festival 2019, Georgia

BERLIN Zeegotoh Film& Food #9, B-Lage (October 2019)

VILA REAL Teatro Municipal de Vila Real, Portugal (October 2020)

RABAT Festival International de Cinéma d’Auteur 2020, Marocco

CREDITS

WRITER, DIRECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHY Lea Schlude

PRODUCERS Nina Fernandez, Lea Schlude

SOUND Sylvain Crabos

SOUND ASSISTANT Giuseppe Ielo

EDITOR Enrica Gatto

SOUND DESIGN & MIX Jochen Jezussek

COLOR GRADING Amos Maccanti

COLLAGES Margherita Giordano

GRAPHIC DESIGN Laura Gaspar

Via San Cipriano POSTER laurels small.pn

"Via San Cipriano explores the social dynamics between siblings in a Roman suburb, and at the same time portrays a fading generation of 20th-century-women. Tracing my own roots at my grandmother's place in the Eternal City, I explore the common threads between female narratives 70 years apart from each other."

REVIEWS

Olhares do Mediterraneo: "for the elegance ..., the dignity with which it looks at ageing, ...for its ability of touching sensitive issues without losing an empathic tone, for the strength with which it works spaces..."

Alta Rimini News: "l'approccio delicato e sentito nei confronti di una generazione, filtrata attraverso l'esperienza personale, che le permette di coglierne la grazia."

Emilia Romagna Creativa: "un film sulla vecchiaia, la solitudine e la gioia di vivere"

Portal Cinema: "a memória sem nostalgia e sem tornar o passado mais importante que o presente".

Jaaqui: "Quatro irmãos com mais de noventa anos, uma casa em Roma: envelhecimento, a solidão e a vida vivida com gosto."

Alip Rando: "Uno sguardo sincero sui volti di quattro aironi cenerini che rimano con una precisa topografia del sensibile, il quartiere della Balduina a Roma. La pagina di diario di un territorio, la scrittura delicata di una gestualità loquace cucita insieme alle voci private, i silenzi, i tentennamenti che muovono memorie universali e strappano sorrisi complici. Il racconto di un luogo dell'affetto e di un paesaggio che si fa viso."

Roma Cinema Doc: "il racconto alternato ai lunghi silenzi ... da voce a una storia estremamente sì delicata, ma anche di grande impatto e immedesimazione. La crudezza e la realtà del tempo che passa è inserita in una costante ricerca estetica, di giochi di colore e geometrie."

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