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CRAJ - DOMANI
Special Closing Event
First Long Film
year 2005 lenght 81' color 35mm country Italy
directed by Davide Marengo
Screenplay Teresa De Sio, Davide Marengo, Paola Papa
Cast Teresa De Sio (Bimbascione), Giovanni Lindo Ferretti (Froridippo), Uccio Aloisi (himself), Matteo Salvatore (himself), Cantori di Carpino (themselves)
Cinematography Vittorio Omodei Zorini
Editing Dario Baldi
Music Teresa De Sio, Giovanni Lindo Ferretti
Producer Gianluca Arcopinto
Production
Pablo
Piazza S.Maria Liberatrice, 27 - 00153 Roma (Italy)
Tel. +3906 57138424 Fax +3906 5755242
www.pablofilm.it
Co-production
C.O.R.E., Komart
Distribution
Pablo
Press Office
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synopsis
The film Craj was inspired by the musical play “Craj”, conceived and directed by Teresa De Sio and written in collaboration with Giovanni Lindo Ferretti. The film recounts the journey of Prince Froridippo (Giovanni Lindo Ferretti) and his servant Bimbascione (Teresa De Sio) across the Region of Puglia. It begins with the Prince’s strange dream, in which he meets a giant spider which for some reason pushes him south. The journey from Gargano to Salento is a long one, and the two lead characters, accompanied by their horse Toledo, make three stops to rest along the way: in Carpino, where they dine with the “Cantori”; in Foggia, where they meet Matteo Salvatore; and in Cutrufiano, where they dance with Uccio Aloisi. And for Froridippo and Bimbascione, each of these stops is a discovery. The Cantori di Carpino, Matteo Salvatore and Uccio Aloisi - the great masters of the traditional music of Puglia, authentic representatives of the Region’s ancient folk and musical traditions - traditions with which we become more familiar through interviews and scenes of everyday life, alternated with live concert footage.
The challenge of this film seems to be that of uniting three extremely diverse forms of expression (documentary, fairytale, and music concert). The film was adapted from a successful show, yet because of the presence of the film camera (a presence that is sensed and sought), it becomes something else. By now it has become a tradition to conclude Venice Days - Giornate degli Autori with an homage to the universal language, music, and to do so while focussing on cultural roots, which have become our banner. Craj is all of this, and an encounter with four extraordinary men.
(Giorgio Gosetti)
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