Piero Basso

Películas

Midday Black Midnight Blue
Director of Photography
On Whidbey Island, a grieving man is haunted by his memories and spirals closer to a breakdown two decades after the death of the woman he loved.
Dafne
Director of Photography
Dafne has recently lost her mother – and Luigi his wife – in an accident. But whilst this 30-year-old, who was born with Down’s syndrome, is still managing to master her life with verve after the terrible disaster, her father sinks into a depression. It will take all the energy Dafne can muster to help him get back on his feet. Fortunately, headstrong Dafne happens to have a lot of it up her sleeve.
Working Man
Director of Photography
When the last factory in a small Rust Belt town closes its doors, an unlikely hero emerges in dutiful, quiet Allery Parkes. A career employee of the factory, the aging Allery can't reconcile how to live a life simply sitting at home doing nothing. Against the advice and pleas of his loving wife Iola, he forms an unlikely friendship with his charismatic neighbor Walter Brewer in order to revive the defunct factory.
A Family
Director of Photography
Vincent was born near Paris, but has cut off every link with his roots. Maria, fifteen years younger, grew up in Ostia, but no longer sees her family. Together they form a couple that does not seem to need anyone. They lead a secluded life in contemporary Rome, indolent and distracted. Furthermore, Vincent and Maria are good at blending in with their environment. When they return home, they make love with the passion of young lovers in a suburban apartment that she has carefully furnished. Yet, on closer inspection, their everyday life betrays what lies behind their seemingly normal appearance: a project carried out by him with a clear determination and accepted by her only by virtue of unconditional love. A plan to help couples who cannot have children. Maria decides that it is time to create a real family. This choice has an inevitable consequence: the rebellion against Vincent, the man of her life.
Porn to Be Free
Camera Operator
Italia, 1970. Una legión creciente de guerreros inofensivos comienza una lucha pacífica por la libertad sexual a través de la pornografía, escandalizando a las autoridades religiosas y a las instituciones políticas conservadoras. Son irónicos, son felices, están locos. Son soñadores, defienden la comunión definitiva entre el cuerpo y el alma. Pero fueron censurados y humillados. Fueron maltratados y detenidos por exigir a gritos un nuevo renacimiento cultural.
Somewhere in the Middle
Director of Photography
Four lovers find themselves caught in a tangle of intersecting relationships in this engaging, New York-set romantic drama that explores the ripple effects of love and obsession.
Darker Than Midnight
Director of Photography
Davide es distinto a los demás adolescentes ya que, por algún motivo, parece una chica. Davide tiene catorce años cuando se fuga de casa. Su intuición le lleva a elegir Villa Bellini, un parque en Catania, como refugio. El parque es un mundo en sí mismo, un mundo de marginados, a los que el resto de la ciudad parece ignorar. Pero un día el pasado se pone al día y Davide tiene que enfrentarse a la decisión más difícil, esta vez en solitario.
The Secret Village
Director of Photography
Greg,an unsuccessful screenwriter and Rachel,a beautiful journalist research an outbreak of mass hysteria in a small village. They start to uncover a secret about ergot poisoning that has affected this village for years. But the cult activity has been kept a secret by the locals and when Greg disappears, Rachel is left alone to unravel the mystery and save their lives.
Giovanna Z., una storia d'amore
Director of Photography
Zakaria
Camera Operator
A Donatello award nominated short drama.
Mio Fratello Yang
Cinematography
A Donatello award nominated short drama concluding a trilogy of films about a young Chinese girl living clandestinely in Italy.