In the opening scene we are witness to an old man’s lament about a world he no longer understands. Subsequent sequences gradually introduce us to various inhabitants of an unspecified southern Italian village and to the many bizarre situations in which the characters of the three vaguely adumbrated stories appear. Although some of them meet on a daily basis, the viewer receives scant information about their relationships, let alone their lives, and with no plot context. Nevertheless, the tone generated by the artfully composed shots and musical accompaniment suggests something inauspicious, even subliminally disturbing. The film, the script of which earned director Caputo the Mattador International Screenwriting Award, seeks to explore the typical Italian provincial world where the effort to be new and modern clashes with a commitment to deeply rooted traditions.
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Danilo Caputo Director · Valentina Strada Writer Bastian Esser Cinematographer
First release July 7, 2014 · Produced in Greece, Italy, Romania · Production Graal, Steppenwolf Film
Production
Taratata Film
Production
Graal
Production
Steppenwolf Film
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Greece · Italy · Romania
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Original title
La mezza stagione
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Czechia · July 7, 2014
Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
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