Foreign Bodies

Mirko Locatelli, born in Milan in 1974, is a film screenwriter, director and producer. In 2002, he co-founded with Giuditta Tarantelli, scriptwriter, the production company Ofcina Film, focusing on documentaries. In 2008, his first feature film, Il Primo Giorno d'Inverno. In 2013, he made his second featureI Corpi Estranei." How do I tell the story of a sick child and of his father's sorrow? Through what images? These are the first questions I asked myself in writing I corpi estranei [Foreign bodies], as always in collaboration with my wife, Giuditta Tarantelli, co-author and co-producer of all my films. Right from the start, we set two key-words for ourselves: dignity and respect. We wanted to show the dignity of Antonio, an unsung hero who leaves his family behind to protect his child. And the dignity of Jaber, not much older than a child himself, almost always moving in shadows, like a bodyguard. We wanted to write and film the story of our characters like a documentary, while respecting the privacy of their bodies, their feelings, their relationships, the way they looked at each other, their times of hate or mutual help, or moments when they just stood there, waiting, hoping that something, somewhere would change. "Mirko Locatelli