Archive of films Pater familias / Pater familias
Italy
2003, 90 min
Section:
Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!
Year: 2003
Brutal, realist drama exploring the lower depths of a town near Naples
through stories of a group of young anti-heroes.
Synopsis
The lower depths of a town near Naples are bared in all their brutality in Francesco Patierno´s impressive directing debut, Pater Familias. Despite the unrelenting cruelty of the images, the pic shows a delicacy in handling the intertwined stories of its rebellious but doomed band of young anti-heroes. Matteo (Luigi Iacuzio) receives permission to spend a day out of prison. As he makes his way home, flashbacks build the atmosphere of oppression and fatality that led him to jail. The various stories unfold in a fluid mixture of past and present, with a final, more upbeat resolution. In each case, an authoritarian, patriarchal father looms as a malevolent shadow figure. Inspired by a non-fiction book by co-scripter Massimo Cacciapuoti, the stories have a raw credibility even at their most heinous.
Deborah Young
Contacts
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About the film
Color, 35 mm
Section: | Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! |
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Director: | Francesco Patierno |
Screenplay: | Francesco Patierno, Massimo Cacciapuoti based on a book by Cacciapuoti |
Dir. of Photography: | Mauro Marchetti |
Music: | Angelo Talocci |
Editor: | Luca M. Gazzolo |
Producer: | Umberto Massa |
Production: | Kubla Khan |
Cast: | Luigi Iacuzio, Federica Bonvolonta, Francesco Pirozzi, Sergio Solli, Antonella Migliore |
Contact: | Intramovies, Kubla Khan |
Guests
Francesco Patierno
Film Director