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...
A reflection on the human being, on the human condition. The city of Tallinn, capital of Estonia, offers the rare possibility of observing freely, without tricks of the eye nor violence. People welcome the watching eye naturally, they do not feel offended nor do they withdraw, they participate willingly, discreetly. In every place: in bars, on streetcars, along the street. T...
Translating tells about the journey of words from a language to another. The luggage is carried by the translator, who is leading us. During the journey, language becomes a musical instrument and the translator turns into a baker, who bring fresh bread on the table, every day. Every language is a sound, a sound that fascinates and pushes you towards the meaning.
Tutto modo tells the story of Ms Peles Ljubica who was deported by the Croatian Revolutionary Movement with many other Serbian during the Second World War. Ms Ljubica's point of view is told as a modern fairy tale that took place during the tragic anti-semitic deportations.
