| Director: | Marco Bellocchio |
|---|---|
| Production: | Kavac Film (Simone Gattoni), Rai Cinema, Fondazione Fare Cinema XNL Piacenza, Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano |
| Running Time: | 30’ |
| Language: | Italian |
| Country: | Italy |
| Main Cast: | Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Rocco Papaleo, Giorgia Fasce, Filippo Timi, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Fabrizio Gifuni, Edoardo Leo |
| Screenplay: | Marco Bellocchio |
| Cinematographer: | Paolo Ferrari |
| Editor: | Stefano Mariotti |
| Production Designer: | Laura Inglese |
| Costume Designer: | Daria Calvelli, Patrizia Morgia |
| Music: | Fabio Massimo Capogrosso |
| Sound: | Andrea Lubatti, Nadia Paone |
| Visual Effects: | Kosmos |
Cinema
Se posso permettermi Capitolo II (May I say? Chapter two)
Out of Competition
synopsis
Over the course of one day, Fausto, invincible in his inertia, watches a paradoxical procession of visitors pass by: the mellifluous village parish priest; a mysterious man with his absurd idea of a ghost-themed business; the captain of the Carabinieri who proposes a shotgun wedding with his daughter, who’s carrying the child of a stranger. Finally, late at night, a pair of thieves, in cahoots with Barbara, break into the house. Fausto surprises them, as always impassive and bored, and reassures them: there is nothing left, no gold or paintings, everything has been sold. The three can only chat until sunrise, when the thieves leave and Barbara puts the coffee on the stove. Se posso permettermi - Capitolo II is the sequel to the short film of the same name made in 2019 in Bobbio as part of the training programme Bottega XNL – Fare Cinema.
director's statement
Se posso permettermi - Capitolo II is a sad and (hopefully) funny farewell from a house where I spent many years of my life (since childhood) and where I set many films (it is the house of I pugni in tasca). Where I once more can see the photographs of my uncles who died young. Pascoli looms. A final (?) farewell from a man, Fausto, who is part me, my brother Alberto, my brother Piergiorgio, all my brothers and sisters and my children Pier Giorgio and Elena. Unlike Fausto, however, for better or for worse all of us have worked and still do, even though we are well past retirement age. Except my children. I conceived and wrote the film myself, but it was later reworked and partially rewritten with the students of the 2023 advanced film training course Bottega XNL – Fare Cinema. Then shot together with the students and with fine professionals (like every year), and generously played by exceptional actors who in short order inhabited their respective roles with fantastic results. It has been a beautiful collective game for everyone.
PRODUCTION/DISTRIBUTION
PRODUCTION 1: Kavac Film Srl – Simone Gattoni
186 Nomentana
00162, Roma, Italy
Tel. 39 3339085616
simone@kavacfilm.com
PRODUCTION 2: Rai Cinema – Paolo del Brocco
Piazza Adriana 12
00193, Roma, Italy
Tel. 39 06 33179601
anna.pomara@raicinema.it
PRODUCTION 3: Fondazione Fare Cinema – Paola Pedrazzini
CONTRADA DELL OSPEDALE 2
29022, Bobbio – Piacenza, Italy
Tel. 39 328 4826578
direzione@fondazionefarecinema.it
WORLD SALES: Rai cinema international distribution – Fulvio Firrito
Piazza Adriana 12
00193, Roma, Italy
Tel. 39-06 33179601
fulvio.firrito@raicinema.it
PRESS OFFICE:
PUNTOeVIRGOLA Flavia Schiavi e Olivia Alighiero
Via Natale del Grande 40
00153, Roma, Italy
Tel. +39 0645763506
info@studiopuntoevirgola.com
WORLD PRESS OFFICE: Gloria Zerbinati
Independent
Via Palmiro Togliatti 15
45010 Rovigo, Italy Tel. 33 0) 7 86 80 02 82
gloria.zerbinati@gmail.com
PRESS OFFICE 2: “FARE CINEMA”, Adriana Vianello / Andrea De Marchi
Studio Systema
Cannaregio, 2593
30121, Venezia, Italy
Tel. 3490081276
Mob. 3493744356
systema@studiosystema.it
