DOVE FINISCONO I MANDARINI
The Scent of Tangerine
Synopsis
A journey. Sara is a smart and likeable twelve year old, curious as can be and full of questions about life and about where we go after departing from out earthly existence. Marina, her mother, tries to explain that the answer can be found in the place where mandarin peels go to find new life. Shortly later, in an unexpected and joyously early spring day spent roaming around the beautiful city of Verona with her father, Sara will have a marvellous urban adventure amidst the monuments, and the wondrous views so full of stories that are all narrated by her loving father and redesigned by his talented pen: precious moments, offering her much food for thought vis-à-vis the many questions that will strike her fancy regarding many varied topics of love, memory, eternity and life. The whole, with an unexpected epilogue. Licensed territories for sales Worldwide Trailer © 2018-2024 VARICOLOURED OÜ - Sepapaja 6, 15551, Tallinn, Estonia.
Info
Year: 2022
Country: Italy
Type: Fiction
Duration: 24:00
Formats: DCP, H264, ProRes
Spoken language: Italian
Team
Director: Valentina Zanella
Producer: Nicola Fedrigoni Story
Cast: Sara Ciocca, Paolo Cioni, Maura Fundone
Produced by: K+
Director's Bio
Born in Verona and professionally formed in Milan where she attains a Master's Degree in Communication and Discography, she begins her pathway at the historical Jungle Sound Station, coordinating artists, creative directors and technicians in the organization of video clips, concerts and big events such as the Heineken Jammin' Festival Contest. She subsequently rounded out her expertise attaining a Master's in CFA/Advanced Photography at the European Institute of Design, showing her creations at various photography exhibitions in Milan, Ferrara, Verona and Venice, during the Architecture Biennial, 2016. As of 2009, she collaborates as Creative Director at K+, realizing musical video clips and commercials, oftentimes even handling the direction. These experiences allow her to broaden and perfect her visual language, defining her own editorial line for Short Films, Documentaries and Feature Films. In 2016 she supervises the artistic direction and casting of the film "Finche c'e Prosecco c'e Speranza" (The Last Prosecco) featuring Giuseppe Battiston, for which she also creates the photography book, published by Marcos y Marcos, and directs the video clip of the soundtrack for Universal Music. In 2018, she produced the short film "Radici" (Roots) starring Sara Ciocca. In 2019, she signed the story for the Film "Si Muore Solo Da Vivi" (You Only Die Alive) and followed up with the creative direction and casting and then the direction of the soundtrack's video clip for Sugar Music Italia. In 2020, she co-produced the docu-film "Disco Ruin," selected for the opening of the Rome Film Festival. Amidst music, photography, art and direction she curates the direction of various communication campaigns with Alessio Bertallot, among which those for Mercato Centrale and LiveALL, creating a series of art videos for national contemporary artists. On behalf of K+, she selects the projects under development "Atti Osceni in Luogo Privato" (Indecent Exposure in Private Places) by Marco Missiroli, "Non e la Fine Del Mondo" (It's not the End of the World) by Alessia Gazzola and "L'invenzione di Noi Due" (The Invention of the Two of Us) by Matteo Bussola.
Director's Filmography
The Scent of Tangerine (2021, short)
Disco Ruin (2020, feature)
You Only Die Alive (2019, feature)
Roots (2018, short)
The Last Prosecco (2016, feature)
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