Film Programme
WAR
fiction , Mon, 20:00
Italy, 2009, 15'
Director: Paolo Sassanelli
Producer: Tommaso Arrighi
Director of photography: Federico Annicchiarico
Writer: Paolo Sassanelli, Antonella Gaeta
Editor: Michele Sblendorio
Synopsis: Italy summer of 1946. Paolo hopes to receive his pension from the trade unions. Luigi reminds him of his Fascist past. Their discussion becomes heated when Paolo loses at cards again. His little boy Antonio faces father’s humiliation in silence and finds a way to help him.
Director: Paolo Sassanelli
Paolo Sassanelli was born in Bari in 1958 and went on to become an acclaimed actor in the Italian theater, cinema and television. His roles in important television series made him popular in Italy. In the cinema he has worked under the direction of Matteo Garrone, Giuseppe Piccioni, Silvio Soldini, Cristina Comencini, Gianni Zanasi. He was coscriptwriter of the film Rosso come il cielo by Cristiano Bortone. Uerra (War) is his first work as director.