In un’aula di una scuola d’infanzia è in corso un laboratorio teatrale. Le maestre raccontano il viaggio di Dorothy nel magico mondo di Oz. Ad ascoltare ci sono bambini tra i tre e i cinque anni, tutti nati in Italia da genitori stranieri. Frequentano la scuola materna Carlo Pisacane, nel cuore di Torpignattara, quartiere storico e popolare di Roma oggi ab...
Sergio is a fisherman and, some years ago, together with his father and his brother, he built a fishing hut on the island of Giudecca, Italy. Sergio has a passion for Japan, where he once has been, when he was a younger sailor. That's why his hut is wallpapered with photos, prints and Japanese objects which make the place look surreal. The door is always open and all the qu...
In the 50s' and the 60s', Cecucine has offered the dream of images to the public gathered in squares and courtyards. At the age of 84, Cecucine is still playing with cinema, mixing it up with real life.
The City of Silence is the psychiatric hospital of Treviso. Old abandoned structures, scraped walls, walled up windows. A nurse tells about the methods used in the past and the dramatic reactions of the patients. Some written patients' testimonies found in the hospital contribute to portrait the atmosphere of this place, where thousands of patients have lived.
A day with Ciro, a man from Centocelle (Rome) who has had a stand at the market for forty years and Priscilla, an Irish painter and aspiring musician with a passion for roses.
Claudio, a vegan runs all by himself a traditional farm without the use of machines and lives his life richly without the gaudery of modern life, following a path of self-enlightening inspired by nature through daily examples. Farming is an hard work, but leaves Claudio's mind free to think about the meaning of his life and to reapproach his real being gaining awareness ...
Veronica is thirty-eight years old, she comes from Rumania and she has been sentenced to eight years in prison for trafficking in human beings, but she doesn't lose heart…
The emergency of living quarters, as told through the experiences of the inhabitants of Roma Residence, a residential complex located in Bravetta, not far from downtown Rome. This documentary is not an investigation, it shows the metamorphosis of a living experience that lasted over a year. It shows the faces, the dynamics between different communities, the residence buildin...
Doubts, uncertainty and images of a little girl living in 1977: unions, abortion, demonstration and… Grease!
Rome. Since four years, a never open clinic and a former arts high school are hosting ninety families of different nationalities and social classes. We move through this place observing the dynamics of the main characters who are leading us, through their testimonies, towards the true meaning of home. Home is an instrument which helps us growing and developing our personali...
