MATER NATURA

Naples and its crazy, bitter reality. Pretty transsexual Desiderio falls head-over-heels in love with Andrea, a gorgeous guy who runs a car wash, and dreams of being able to completely change her life to live with him. Reality, however, throws many obstacles in Desiderio’s path: her parents refuse…

 

regia/director massimo andrei
soggetto/subject
massimo andrei
sceneggiatura /screenplay
massimo andrei, silvia ranfagni
fotografia/cinematographer
vladan radovic
montaggio/editing
shara spinella
scene / scene design
carlo de marino, luca servino
costumi / costume design
giovanni addante
musica / music
lino cannavacciuolo
cast/cast
maria pia calzone, valerio foglia manzillo, enzo moscato, vladimir luxuria
genere / genre
commedia
formato originale/original format
35 mm – color
durata/running time
90’
paese di produzione/country of production
italia / italy
produzione/production
umbero massa per kubla khan
distribuzione/distribution
istituto luce

Naples and its crazy, bitter reality. Pretty transsexual Desiderio falls head-over-heels in love with Andrea, a gorgeous guy who runs a car wash, and dreams of being able to completely change her life to live with him. Reality, however, throws many obstacles in Desiderio’s path: her parents refuse to accept her and Andrea is engaged to another girl. She finds consolation in a group of transsexual friends, Massimino, Europa, Suegno and Vera Vuman, who are planning to move away from the city to open an organic farm and drop-in centre for men in crisis at the foot of Vesuvius. A love for nature combined with their ability to listen. A universal story of dignity and social redemption, where events tragically represent the inevitable nature of destiny which will change Desiderio’s life and that of all her friends…

 

MASSIMO ANDREI

Author and director. He studies and works mainly for the theatre, where he is directed, among others, by G. Corbelli, A. Calende, P. Sepe, C. Giuffrè. In 1994 he met the New Neapolitan Drama. He has worked for Vincenzo Salemme’s theatre company, and Salemme has directed him as an actor in his films “Amore a prima vista” and “Volesse il cielo!”. He has written many plays and cabaret shows for the theatre. He has written, directed, acted for RAI in many a radio play, for the TV he has acted in many fiction series. He has co-written many of the “Chiambretti c’é” TV shows. He also writes lyrics for Peppe Barra and lyrics for the music of Nicola Piovani, Lino Cannavacciuolo and Germano Mazzocchetti. “Mater Natura” is his first feature film.

 

2005 Mater Natura (lungometraggio, feature)

 

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