Archive of films Interval / L' intervallo

Italy / Switzerland / Germany
2012, 90 min

Section: Another View
Year: 2013

Teenage Salvatore is given a task by the Camorra to keep watch over Veronica, a girl of similar age, while the boss decides how to punish her betrayal. But as the kids spend the day together, their mutual affection begins to grow. The director’s debut feature took seven awards at Venice.

Synopsis

Most days young Salvatore mans a street cart selling granita. But today he is obliged to watch a teenager named Veronica while a local Camorra boss contemplates her punishment: she’s been running with a guy from a rival organization. Salvatore and Veronica spend the day together in a dilapidated industrial complex inside the city limits. Mutual disregard and a certain ill will on the girl’s part soon ebb away and the couple begin to reveal what they hold inside. The original impression of immature adolescence is gradually erased as they reveal themselves as mature and mutually empathetic individuals capable of understanding complex situations. The gradual discovery of intimacy, however, is weighed down by fears about the verdict concerning Veronica’s relationship – for which she might have to pay, according to mafia custom, the ultimate price. The director’s debut feature betrays his documentary roots in a deftly constructed psychological study of two characters brought together by oppressive circumstances.

About the director

Leonardo Di Costanzo (b. 1958, Ischia, Italy) alternates living in Napoli and Paris where he teaches a film course at Ateliers Varan. He has been making documentaries since the 1990s, gaining a name in the new millennium when his films were presented at prestigious festivals. At School (A scuola, 2003) was nominated for a David di Donatello for Best Documentary, and other warmly-received films followed: Un cas d’école (2004), Odessa (2006), and Cadenza d’inganno (2011). His television film Prove di stato (1998) received a Special Mention at the international festival in Biarritz. The Interval is his first feature and his greatest directing success to date. The movie was presented at Venice in the competitive Orizzonti section where it took seven awards including the FIPRESCI Prize.

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Another View

Director:	Leonardo Di Costanzo
Screenplay:	Leonardo Di Costanzo, Maurizio Braucci, Mariangela Barbanente
Dir. of Photography:	Luca Bigazzi
Music:	Marco Cappelli
Editor:	Carlotta Cristiani
Producer:	Carlo Cresto-Dina, Tiziana Soudani
Production:	Tempesta Film, Amka Films productions
Cast:	Francesca Riso, Alessio Gallo, Carmine Paternoster
Contact:	Rai Trade

Guests

Maurizio Braucci

Screenwriter