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Youths hailing from different worlds and cultures find their integration in Italy through theater work, acting “Girotondo” (La Ronde) by Arthur Schnitzler.

Synopsis

Yoon, Barbara and Ivan are three of the protagonists of the integration stories. Their lives interweave with those of other youths hailing from various parts of the world. They are all actors who have found their integration into Italy making a living with their chosen profession: acting. Each of them has a story to tell. We follow them through the arc of a day and discover who they are and what their rapport is with Italy, as well as with the country they had left. The scenes of their daily routines alternate with those of other youths who like them have arrived in Italy and who also like them, recite in Italian. All take part in the staging of “Girotondo” (La Ronde) by Arthur Schnitzler.

GENRE: Creative Documentary

SUBJECT: Pepi Romagnoli

SCREENPLAY: Pepi Romagnoli

DIRECTOR:  Pepi Romagnoli

CO-PRODUCTION:  Wolfang&Dolly (Croazia) Set Sail Films (Serbia)

PRINCIPAL LOCATION: Trieste

LENGTH: 90/45 Minuts

PROJECT’S DEVELOPMENT: On Hold

ACTORS CONFIRMED: Yoon C.Joice (Sud Corea, Italia ) Ivan Senin (Russia, Italia) Barbara Clara (Venezuela, Italia) Vladimir Aleksic (Serbia) Tihana Lazovic (Croazia)

director's note

The idea of this documentary film born from the belief that acting breaks down the barriers of communication, and the project tells a story of integration thought the staging of a theatre’s text.

“Vite oltre il confine” (Lives beyond the border) is a project near to the CINEMA OF REAL rather than near to a classical documentary. It is ideally suited for co-production inasmuch as proposing the insertions of stories and issues connected to actors hailing from different countries, as well as shooting in their origin’s countries.

The story is framed along three levels: the level of reality in which we record the protagonists in their daily lives and in the interviews; the level of fiction which is that of the film adaptation of “Girotondo” (La Ronde); and the level of the show rehearsals that catches them in their instinctive confrontation of opinions and personalities.

 

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