IN TRAM
Milan, morning mist. As every day Franco is out of breath when he reaches the tram stop. Small details draw his attention: something strange is in the air, but what? On the tram a young man to whom Franco asks for information, answers to him in English, and yet he’s absolutely Italian…
| regia/director filippo soldi sceneggiatura/screenplay carlo giuseppe gabardine, filippo soldi fotografia/cinematographer aldo di marcantonio montaggio/editing giuseppe pagano musica/music enrico elia cast/cast piera degli esposti, gigio alberti, carlo giuseppe gabardini genere/genre fiction formato originale/original format 35 mm – color durata/running time 9’ anno di produzione 2003 paese di produzione/country of production italia produzione/production company caro film srl distribuzione/distribution company gruppo pasquino |
BIOGRAPHY Filippo seriously intended to attend the VGIK (Moscow’s film school), but instead he received a Master’s Degree in Literature from the University of Milan (1993) and the dramaturgy and screenplay diploma at the “Paolo Grassi” Civic School of Dramatic Art (1995) in Milan. FILMOGRAPHY 2003 In Tram (corto, short)
SYNOPSIS Milan, morning mist. As every day Franco is out of breath when he reaches the tram stop. Small details draw his attention: something strange is in the air, but what? On the tram a young man to whom Franco asks for information, answers to him in English, and yet he’s absolutely Italian. This morning, everybody speaks English: the tram’s announcements are in English, the posters are in English: from now on, English is the official language that the new EU legislation has adopted for the whole of Europe. Franco had been “absentminded”, he had forgotten, or misunderstood. And now? Either he obeys, or… |
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