Vincenza Modica

The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor Martin Eden seeks fame as a writer while torn between the love of a bourgeois girl and allegiance to his social class.

1977年、ベルリンを拠点とする世界的に有名な舞踊団＜マルコス・ダンス・カンパニー＞に入団するため、スージー・バニヨンは夢と希望を胸にボストンからやってきた。初のオーディションでカリスマ振付師マダム・ブランの目に留まり、すぐに大事な演目のセンターに抜擢される。そんな中、マダム・ブラン直々のレッスンを続ける彼女のまわりで不可解な出来事が頻発、ダンサーが次々と失踪を遂げる。一方、心理療法士クレンペラー博士は、患者であった若きダンサーの行方を捜すうち、舞踊団の闇に近づいていく。やがて、舞踊団に隠された恐ろしい秘密が明らかになり、スージーの身にも危険が及んでいた──。

Vento Di Terra (wind of the earth) is an Italian film about an 18 year old boy (Vicenzo Pacilli) from a poor suburb of Napoli, Italy who finds himself burdened by expectations of supporting his mother after his father dies from an unexpected heart attack. Working in a blue-collar factory job, Vince soon finds that he does not have enough money to support himself, let alone his frail recently widowed mother. His sister departs to Cassano to finally end her employment drought by getting a job in the local FIAT factory. Vince is left alone to support his mother. He gets involved in a heist, and then out of guilt confesses his sin to a close family friend, who suggests he joins the Italian army. In the army Vince meets a new found friend through his training period, and they are soon deployed together to the war torn state of Kosovo in the Former Yugoslavia, where he is exposed to the brutality of war.

Giuseppe M. Gaudino made his directorial debut with this experimental film portrait contrasting the ancient Roman empire with poverty in present-day Naples. The film's narrator introduces the ancient town of Pozzuloi, home to Nero, his mother Agrippina, the Sibyl of Cumae, and Christian martyr Artema. This historical drama is intertwined with a modern-day story of a poverty-stricken family, forced by earthquakes during the '70s to move to the country, a devastating blow to the close-knit family. After a 1997 Venice Film Festival screening at 125 minutes, the filmmakers announced their plans to re-edit to a shorter running time. Also known as Moonspins Between Land and Sea.

Mario Martone films the eponymous stage show by Enzo Moscato.