Cipria - Il film della vostra vita

2023 0h 55m IT

Documentary

Synopsis

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Cipria is a ghost film: three Italian women who lived during fascism had told their lives hoping they could become a film, but the war had shattered the dream. We didn't even have an image of them: only the stories, still current, of their lives, which had been waiting for eighty years to be seen and heard. The challenge was to visualize their stories with footage shot between the 1920s and 1940s and new footage, to give each of them a face, a voice and a body.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Giovanni Piperno
Writers: Giovanni Piperno, Anna Villari
Languages: Italian

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RUNTIME

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Tight 55-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Giovanni Piperno, shot by Giovanni Piperno. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Patrizia Penzo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Giovanni Piperno directs. Giovanni Piperno behind the camera. Patrizia Penzo cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in Italian.

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1Tight 55-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Giovanni Piperno, shot by Giovanni Piperno. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Patrizia Penzo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.