Archive of films Late Season / La mezza stagione

Italy / Romania / Greece
2014, 80 min

Section: Forum of Independents - Competition
Year: 2014

Unfolding in an unspecified southern Italian provincial town, the movie forgoes a dramatic buildup, furnishing instead a succession of scenes in which the individual characters meet. Shots and music composed with sophistication, however, introduce a vague feeling of foreboding, even menace. This project comes from independent Apulian filmmakers with leanings toward experimentation.


Synopsis

In the opening scene we are witness to an old man’s lament about a world he no longer understands. Subsequent sequences gradually introduce us to various inhabitants of an unspecified southern Italian village and to the many bizarre situations in which the characters of the three vaguely adumbrated stories appear. Although some of them meet on a daily basis, the viewer receives scant information about their relationships, let alone their lives, and with no plot context. Nevertheless, the tone generated by the artfully composed shots and musical accompaniment suggests something inauspicious, even subliminally disturbing. The film, the script of which earned director Caputo the Mattador International Screenwriting Award, seeks to explore the typical Italian provincial world where the effort to be new and modern clashes with a commitment to deeply rooted traditions. The project was put together by a group of young, independent filmmakers from Apulia interested in connecting experimental music and image, who engaged like-minded collaborators and largely nonprofessional actors.

About the director

Danilo Caputo

Danilo Caputo (b. 1984, Taranto, Italy) studied music in San Francisco, liberal arts in Berlin, and philosophy in Naples. For his own production company, Taratata Film, he wrote and directed the award-winning shorts Dust (Polvere, 2008) and Banduryst (2009). In 2010 he participated in the Berlinale’s Talent Campus. He also produced his first feature Late Season (2014), winning the Mattador International Screenwriting Award for the script. At present he is working on the short film The Provinces (Province).

Contacts

Steppenwolf Film
30 Nicolae Filimon, 060302, Bucharest
Romania
Tel: +40 747 289 893
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.steppenwolf.ro

About the film

Color, DCP
World premiere

Section: Forum of Independents - Competition
   
Director: Danilo Caputo
Screenplay: Danilo Caputo, Valentina Strada
Dir. of Photography: Bastian Esser
Music: Valerio Camporini Faggioni
Editor: Valeria Sapienza, Sergio Recchia
Producer: Danilo Caputo, Alex Traila, Konstantina Stavrianou
Production: Taratata Film
Coproduction: Steppenwolf Film, GRAAL S.A
Cast: Espedito Chionna, Michela Di Napoli, Francesco Giannico
Contact: Steppenwolf Film
   
www: www.lamezzastionge.it

Guests

Alex Traila

Festival Organizer, Film Institution Rep.

Danilo Caputo

Film Director


Valerio C. Faggioni

Music Composer

Sergio Recchia

Film Editor


Marco Saitta

Film Crew

Michela Di Napoli

Actress


Bastian Esser

Director of Photography

Konstantina Stavrianou

Producer


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