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
Livio Bordone was born in Siracusa in 1975.  After attending literature at University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milano,  he attended a comic’ s narrative, scenography and cinematography course at Centrolab in Roma. After some theatral experiences as scenes director and director’s assistant, he writes and directs many shorts. In 2005 he writes and directs “Padiglione 22”, his first feature.

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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