My Home, in Libya
7.4
Filming in her grandparents’ home near Padova in Italy, the director identifies a map of places belonging to their past. Antonio was born in Libya when it was an Italian colony, and he lived in Tripoli where he married Narcisa. They were suddenly forced to leave the country in 1970 just after Gaddafi’s coup. With the help of a young Libyan contacted on social media, Martina collects images of her grandparents’ “hometown” today. As they exchange pictures and chats, their relationship grows, the web allowing them to slowly overcome the physical and cultural boundaries that separate their lives, bringing the audience into a world the media has no access to.
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Cast
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Martina Melilli Director · Enrica Gatto Editor
United States release October 16, 2018 · Produced in Italy · Languages English, Italian
Production
RAI
Production
Rai Cinema
Production
Italy
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
Switzerland · August 3, 2018
Premiere
United States · October 16, 2018
Chicago International Film Festival
Finland
January 28, 2019 · DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
Germany
November 2, 2018 · Dok Leipzig Film Festival
Italy
January 20, 2019 · Trieste Film Festival
Romania
March 17, 2019 · One World International Human Rights & Documentary Festival
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