First Assistant Director
Uma jornada pelas fantásticas paisagens de uma China transformada, da agitada Xangai às fábricas nas áreas rurais. Um engenheiro italiano descobre um defeito em uma peça de uma das caldeiras que foram recentemente vendidas a uma empresa chinesa. Ele rastreia o paradeiro da caldeira, indo parar em algum lugar no meio do território chinês com a ajuda muito mais do que fugaz da tradutora que está passando por sua própria jornada frente as mudanças de valores que estão acontecendo no país.
Editor
Co-Writer
Studying to become a teacher in 1950s Northern Italy, Sicilian immigrant Pietro is joined by his older brother Giovanni. While Giovanni is an illiterate worker, Pietro shows considerable promise in his field, prompting the elder sibling to take on even the toughest jobs in order to support his brother's academic pursuits.
Screenplay
The film has three stories. First is about local village idiot Paletta, who can not afford the services of a whore and so steals a locket from a holy shrine belonging to local mafia don. Second shows the story of betrayal of Pitrinu (who's dead now) by his lover Fefe. Final episode is about lowlife Lazarus. He is killed by mob boss Toto, but raised from the dead by a local messiah, who is also known as Toto (and is played by same actor).
Assistant Director
The Italian duo Ciprì & Maresco, known to be cynical deconstructionists, weave a fascinating film around memories of a decadent Sicily. Ruins, memories of ruins - memories are ruins. This thoroughly surrealist piece unfolds like a dream, with no clear direction but the haunting feeling of familiarity and the ready acceptance of otherness as oneness.
