A Quiet Life

Claudio Cupellini has made short films (Chi ci ferma piu in 2004 and La talpa in 2005) and help direct an episode of the film film 4-4-2 Il gioco più bello del mondo. He also directed Pride Orgueil Orgoglio as part of "Lille capitale européenne", which was broadcast on French television in 2004. His first film, Lezioni di cioccolato (2007), is a comedy and has been selected in several festivals. Una vita tranquilla is his second feature.Una vita tranquilla focuses on individuals and their daily struggle to survive, to hide, to be killers and scared, vulnerable, tormented human beings at the same time. [...] The story does not focus on the Camorra; the noir elements in the plot have the more elevated function of introducing the existential theme of the duplicity of human beings. [...] While telling Rosario's story I had the feeling that I was back in the places where I grew up, sleepy towns that are orderly, silent, peaceful, and which are perfect for anyone who wants to cancel their mistakes and try to start over, to create a quiet life, without past. [...] Filming in Germany was an important step towards constructing stories that are not only Italian, but also European stories. In recent years it has become clear that everything is connected and that the so-called "unity of place" has become an unbearable straitjacket for anyone wishing to recount a story of our time. This aspect, together with the different languages spoken in the film, is an important expressive resource. Rosario thought he could conceal his past in his new language. But the past, like a mother tongue accent, is impossible to erase.