Archive for category: 2006

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)

Ever since he was a child, Sandrone (nicknamed the Gorilla) has suffered from a particular form of personality disorder. His body, in fact, is inhabited by two very different people: the first, Sandrone, is a charming, good-natured rogue, while the second, the Associate, is cold, rational and violent. Scared of ending up in a mental hospital, Sandrone has chosen to spend his life in the shadows, earning a living as an unlicensed private investigator; left unable to sleep by his illness, his perennial insomnia is perfect for a job involving surveillance and following people. After his umpteenth hospital admission after being stabbed by a serial killer, Sandrone decides to try a safer line of work – working as an escort for an old, long-forgotten American actor, in Italy to make a guest appearance at a convention. But as he is reluctantly working his new job, Sandrone finds himself helping a girl whose boyfriend has been killed. Too much for one man. Luckily there are two of them, him and his Associate…

CARLO A. SIGON

Carlo A. Sigon was born in Milan on November the 23rd, 1964. At the end of the 80’s he directed the short “Coazione a ripetere”. Since 1993 he has been working in advertisement, at first for Filmmaster productions, then for RBA, where he directs his first videos and commercials. With his production company, Blu Sky, he directs a number of commercials in Kenya, for Cadbury’s, Visa Barkley’s, Kenya Airways and Safari Lager. In Italy, he directs commercials for Gatorade, Merit, the Treccani Encyclopedia, Max magazine, the national daily La Repubblica, Telecom and Toyota. More recently, he has directed two important campaigns for the American market. While working alternatively in advertising and films, he has also directed four more short films presented at a number of festivals. In 1998 he met Elio e le storie tese and directed many of their videos. He has also directed four TV films for RAI2 channel. His feature debut comes with the recent “La cura del gorilla”, based on Sandrone Dazieri’s novel.

2005 La cura del Gorilla (lungometraggio, feature) 1996 Apnea (corto, short) 1995 Ketchup (corto, short) 1994 Festa (corto, short) 1993 Terra di nessuno (corto, short)