The Skratch Fab presents It is not just a game, directed by Guglielmo Lipari, a short hit with the mockumentary style full of twists.
Direttrice
In the late 1980s, Amedeo Letizia, a young 20 something Italian, leaves his hometown of Casal di Principe to pursue a career in acting in Rome. While he's making his debut, his younger brother Paolo is kidnapped by armed men. Amedeo comes back, this return being an infernal descent into his past and his region's contradictions.
Nina Moscati
Giuseppe Moscati, Doctor saint of Naples, was a doctor of the early twentieth century, from an aristocratic family devoted his career to serving the poor. The film focuses on the human side, partially leaving aside the spiritual part.
Assunta
일상적인 놀이 중 발견한 커다란 비밀 하나... 그것은 만남의 시작이었다.폐가에서 여동생의 안경을 잃어버린 미카엘은 안경을 찾던 중 우연히 마당 구석에 숨겨진 이상한 굴을 발견하게 된다. 두려움 반, 호기심 반에 두근거리는 마음을 안고 내려다본 구멍, 그곳에서 미카엘은 놀랍게도 누더기와 사슬에 묶여 갇혀 있는 또래 소년을 발견하게 된다. 지하 굴에 갇혀 눈도 뜨지 못하는 소년 필리포, 누군가 오래 전 그에게 물과 음식을 준 흔적은 있지만 도대체 누가, 왜 자신을 굴에 가두었는지 공포에 질린 필리포는 아무 것도 기억하지 못한다. 누가 널 거기에 가뒀니? 괜찮은 거야? 집에 돌아온 미카엘은 이 정체불명의 소년에 관한 수많은 상상의 세계에 젖고 하루하루 소년을 찾아가는 사이 미카엘과 필리포 사이에는 특별한 우정이 싹트게 된다. 이 기묘한 만남의 시작과 함께 미카엘의 주변에는 온통 이상한 일들이 일어나기 시작한다. 집안 찬장에서 낡은 오두막에 있던 것과 똑같은 냄비가 있고, 여행을 떠났던 아버지는 정체불명의 남자들과 함께 돌아와 밤새 텔레비전을 보며 알아들을 수 없는 이야기들을 늘어 놓는다. 그러던 어느날 마침내 미카엘은 TV 뉴스를 통해 납치된 소년의 소식을 접하게 되고 그가 바로 필리포이며 자신의 부모와 마을 사람 모두가 그 납치 사건에 연루된 것을 깨닫게 된다. 과연 모든 비밀을 알게 된 미카엘과 추악한 어른들에 의해 유괴된 필리포의 운명은 어떻게 되는 것일까
Woman on the balcony
In a family of full-blooded Neapolitans, tragedy strikes: a girl is born speaking and acting like a northerner!
Dr. Lotto's nurse
Antonio is a man born with unusually large incisors; his freakishly huge teeth made him an outcast as a child and as man he has become obsessive and controlling in his relationships with women. Convinced that his girlfriend cheated on him (with her dentist, ça va sans dire), Antonio insults her in a fit of anger and in the fight she breaks off one of his teeth. Antonio now must travel across the country, going from dentist to dentist in search of someone who can make a crown that will suit his extra-large smile.
Lipari's mother
Professor Lipari teaches in a public school and is in a full-on existential crisis. He has no faith in himself and in the possibility of changing the world for the better. At school, a former student of his who is also a teacher will change his attitude.
Maria la pazza
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.
Sandra
A young priest crusades against organized crime in his Naples neighbourhood but falls in love with a 13-year old boy. It's the chance the gangsters were waiting for to get rid of the thorn in their side. Will they be able to force the boy to accuse the priest of sexual harassment and have his reputation destroyed?
Maria
The Twenties: The German Fuhrmann family spend their holidays in Italy again. The country is full of mysteries in that time. The Fuhrmann's have to realize the upcoming and growing fascism and their children are fascinated by a magician visiting the town. Soon nothing is as usual. The times are changing ...