PADIGLIONE 22
In 2003 Laura had a neurotic, ordinary life. But Valerio, her schizophrenic elderly brother who had been shut up in a private clinic for years, comes back from the past. Valerio runs away from the clinic and dies in pavilion 22 of the mental hospital where he was confined as a child, before the Basaglia bill was passed.
regia/director livio bordone soggetto/subject livio bordone sceneggiatura /screenplay livio bordone fotografia/cinematographer marco carosi montaggio/editing giuseppe pagano scene / scene design ivana gargiulo costumi / costume design ludovica amati musica / music puccio pucci, andrea sisti suono / sound dolby sr cast/cast regina orioli, giuseppe antignati, arturo paglia, elio germano, gaetano amato, corinna lo castro genere / genre drammatico / dramatic formato originale/original format 35 mm – color durata/running time 80’ paese di produzione/country of production italia / italy produzione/production isabella cocuzza e artuto paglia per paco cinematografica srl In 2003 Laura had a neurotic, ordinary life. But Valerio, her schizophrenic elderly brother who had been shut up in a private clinic for years, comes back from the past. Valerio runs away from the clinic and dies in pavilion 22 of the mental hospital where he was confined as a child, before the Basaglia bill was passed. Valerio has tormented Laura ever since his death: she is torn apart because of her sense of guilt and the hatred she felt for her brother, who was nothing but a hindrance and a burden to the whole family. Since his death, Valerio has been a threatening presence, obsessively reminding Laura of her terrible indifference. The cruel fight between Laura and the ghost, or better said, between Laura and her sense of guilt, develops in a crescendo of tension and hallucinations taking Laura back to the 70s, forcing her to explore her past and to deal with the patients’ ghosts and a younger Valerio. LIVIO BORDONE 2005 Padiglione 22 (lungometraggio, feature); 2003 Una semplice storia d’amore (corto, short); 2001 Sarausana iè (documentario, documentary); 2000 C’era una volta un omino piccolo, piccolo (corto, short); 1999 Alma e Alfredo, una storia d’amore (corto, short); 1998 La sala da Barba (corto, short); 1997 Due (corto, short); 1996 L’ultimo giorno sulla terra. |
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