Il Figlio, Manuel
Dario Albertini
Manuel has just turned 18. It is time to leave the foster home where he has lived for the past few years, after his mother was sent to prison. But the newfound freedom is bittersweet. Roaming the streets of his desolate neighborhood, alone with his hopes and fears, Manuel tries to leave the teenager behind and become a responsible adult. He must prove to the authorities that he can look after his mother if she is granted house arrest. Can he give her back her freedom without losing his?
With : Andrea Lattanzi, Francesca Antonelli, Renato Scarpa, Raffaella Rea, Giulia Elettra Gorietti, Giulio Beranek, Alessandro Di Carlo, Luciano Miele, Monica Carpanese, Alessandra Scirdi
scénario : Simone Ranucci et Dario Albertini
image : Giuseppe Maio
son : Biagio Gurrieri
montage : Sarah McTeigue
musique : Iva Parlati, Dario Albertini, Sarah McTeigue et Michael Brunnock
scénario : Simone Ranucci et Dario Albertini
image : Giuseppe Maio
son : Biagio Gurrieri
montage : Sarah McTeigue
musique : Iva Parlati, Dario Albertini, Sarah McTeigue et Michael Brunnock
Production : Bibli Films : Angelo Barbagallo, Matilde Barbagallo
Distribution: Le Pacte
International sales: Le Pacte
Distribution: Le Pacte
International sales: Le Pacte
Dario Albertini was born in 1974 in Rome, Italy. Starting out as a photographer, he continued as a documentary filmmaker, overseeing every all aspects: script, cinematography, sound, music. Il figlio, Manuel is his first fiction feature film.
“The idea for Il figlio, Manuel came after shooting the documentary La Repubblica dei Ragazzi. I became interested in the building of a hostel for children whose parents could no longer take care of them […] I spent a year and a half filming this documentary which gave me an idea of the various stages that these teenagers go through. Leaving the hostel at 18 is part of this, and this is the element I chose to explore in Il figlio, Manuel. It is a simple story. Some might think that children that have grown up in a hostel, can easily be faced with difficult situations, flirting with criminality once they get out. But Manuel is like a gentle giant. He finds himself thrown into an unknown reality, called to take important decisions without having the time to realise that he is no longer in the comfort zone, but well out of it, in the real world. I let the actors improvise a lot on the shoot, looking for that unique and magic moment. Between fiction and reality” (Dario Albertini).
“The idea for Il figlio, Manuel came after shooting the documentary La Repubblica dei Ragazzi. I became interested in the building of a hostel for children whose parents could no longer take care of them […] I spent a year and a half filming this documentary which gave me an idea of the various stages that these teenagers go through. Leaving the hostel at 18 is part of this, and this is the element I chose to explore in Il figlio, Manuel. It is a simple story. Some might think that children that have grown up in a hostel, can easily be faced with difficult situations, flirting with criminality once they get out. But Manuel is like a gentle giant. He finds himself thrown into an unknown reality, called to take important decisions without having the time to realise that he is no longer in the comfort zone, but well out of it, in the real world. I let the actors improvise a lot on the shoot, looking for that unique and magic moment. Between fiction and reality” (Dario Albertini).