
SYNOPSIS
Peppe retraces the memories that connect him to the last strip of land where Europe ends, to the house overlooking the cliffs where he grew up, and to the Sicily of his birth. The fainted image of his family and the last moments of his carefree childhood, resurface in his mind. The friends he had to abandon too soon; his grandfather who tirelessly recounted stories of the sea; an unfulfilled father; and a mother descending into the spiral of depression. During Peppe’s journey coming home, years unravel over the miles that he put between himself and home. Years of absence echo in the dull sound of the wind breaking against the rocks. Peppe goes back home to retrieve, from the seabed, the breath of life (sciatu meo) that sustains his vitality, as well as his memory of an eternal love.
CREDITS
Title: SCIATU MEO
Short film / dram / 15 min / 2023
Directed by: Alessio Genovese
Written by: Alessio Genovese e Daniele Saguto
DOP: Alexander Fontana
Set designer: Alessia D’Amico
Live recording: Danilo Romancino, Marco Ober
Costume designer: Francesco Paolo Catalano
Editing: Gabriele Borghi
Original soundtrack: Roy Paci
Cast: Bruno Di Chiara, Lollo Franco, Gaspare Balsamo, Chiara Muscato, Marco Castiglia
Awards: Miglior cortometraggio Italiano Premio Frank Capra 2024, Miglior attore protagonista Bruno Di Chiara al Cefalù Film Festival 2024
Produced by: Zabbara (IT) in associazione con Full Moon Films (FR) nell’ambito del progetto “FunKino – Cinema for Inclusion” con il supporto di Fondazione Alta Mane Italia, 8xmille della Chiesa Valdese, Cine Teatro Ariston di Trapani
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