Press book Beket inglese

SHOOTING HOPE and BLUE FILM
presents
a film produced by
Davide Manuli Bruno Tribbioli Alessandro Bonifazi
a production by Shooting Hope and Blue Film
BEKET
a film written and directed by
Davide Manuli
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BEKET ● credits
Writted and Directed by
Davide Manuli
Cast
Luciano Curreli – Freak
Jerome Duranteau – Jaja’
Fabrizio Gifuni – Agente Zero Sei
Roberto “Freak” Antoni – Mariachi e Oracolo
Special guest star
Boxing champion
and with
Paolo Rossi – Agente Zero Otto
Simone Maludrottu – Se Stesso
Simona Caramelli – Eva
Photography
Tarek Ben Abdallah
Editing
Rosella Mocci
Original music
Miss Kittin’ & The Hacker, “Freak” Antoni,
Alessandra Mostacci, Stefano Ianne,
Massimiliano Cigala, Marco Saveriano
Production designer
Mario Courrier
Costumes
Valentina Stefani
Sound
Marco Fiumara
Sound mix
Fabio Cerretti per Studio 16
Produced by
Davide Manuli Bruno Tribbioli Alessandro Bonifazi
Produced with the
Contribution of
Country
Year of production
Location
Duration
Format
Sound
Provincia di Olbia e Tempio Pausania
Provincia Medio Campidano
Unione dei Comuni “Alta Gallura”
Delphina Hotels & Resorts
Cocoon Art
Gianluca Vassallo
Italy
2008
Sardegna e Umbria
80’
35 mm. B/N
Dolby Digital SR
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BEKET ● sinopsis
Freak and Jajà live in a no-man’s land, outside time and dates. Mankind no
longer inhabits the planet. Only a few strange characters, survivors, make
rare appearances.
The two main characters meet at a bus-stop in the middle of no-where, they
have never met before. The bus arrives, but it doesn’t stop. It’s the bus
which brings to GODOT, the God who makes his presence felt beyond the
mountain in the shape of a musical sound. Having lost the bus, Freak and
Jajà decide to look for it on foot.
They start on a journey which will make them meet the bizarre characters
who live in this land.
They find a mariachi storyteller, two actors reciting Adam and Eve in the
middle of a salty lake, a child who appears to be the ‘magic’ voice of Godot,
an oracle who lives on the extractor well of an abandoned mine, and finally a
solitary girl who lives on a beach.
Unfortunately, before the end of their trip, Freak and Jajà will die. They fail to
reach their God.
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BEKET ● notes of criticism by Roberto Nanni
Rome, 18.6.2008
What I have seen is strong, with definite contours, it can’t be missed and it can’t be fully
perceived. It is beyond conscious and subconscious points of reference. ‘Godot’, ‘Film’ with
Buster Keaton, Ionesco and its theatre, ‘Mosaic in confidence’ by Peter Kubelka or the very
anthology of black humor by Breton, are not perhaps the peculiar aspect of this work.
Again, I repeat: it is beyond everything. I think it is not necessary to illustrate reality, but
to interpret it even through ‘lies’ or self-destruction.
The film succeeded in its purpose, and got to the central nervous system.
Roberto Nanni
ROBERTO NANNI (Bologna), independent film-maker, documentary maker. Amongst his
most famous works, “DEREK JARMAN CONVERSAZIONI” winner of the Turin Film Festival
1993, “I DIARI DELLA SACHER”- ANTONIO RUJU” and “PICCOLI OSTINATI” with words
and music by STEVEN BRAUN of TUXEDOMOON.
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BEKET ● director’s notes
“BEKET” is the third chapter of my trilogy on Cinema of solitude.
The first chapter is the short film “BOMBAY: ARTHUR ROAD PRISON”, winner of the ‘vela
d’Oro’ in Bellaria (1999), it talks about prisons. The second is my feature, “GIROTONDO,
GIRO INTORNO AL MONDO”, it talks about being cast out. This third act talks about the
absurd nature of existence. All three films are in black and white.
‘BEKET’ is about the need for self-expression, freely, with no self-censorship. The project
takes shape together with producers Bruno Tribbioli and Alessandro Bonifazi from BLUE
FILM. It is an old-fashioned film, very cinematographic.
In order to have this freedom, it has been necessary to think of a small production, agile
and quick, which could also contain costs, having to work independently, being selfproduced.
The idea of linking to the isolation of Beckett’s world, starting from ‘Waiting for Godot’,
harmonizes well with the ‘poverty’ of the production and the ‘wealth’ of contents.
The film is shot entirely in exterior during the day. With director of photography TAREK
BEN ABDALLAH (the director of ‘Giro di Lune’ by Beppe Gaudino) we decided to film in
super 16, to be ‘purists’, no artificial lights, only the camera and the tripod. A ‘hard’ and
‘strong’ film like the Kodak 80 ASA b/w was chosen, allowing us to obtain the result we
wanted.
The region of Sardinia was picked for its magnificent landscapes, untouched by man, and
for its splendid and necessary sunlight. Locations for filming were: Gallura, Cabras,
Montevecchio mines, and the dunes of Piscinas in Sardinia and the plane of Castelluccio in
Umbria. Filming took 13 days, with a crew of 10 people.
Davide Manuli
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BEKET ● biography
DAVIDE MANULI
Davide Manuli was born in Milan in 1967, he has directed two features, five shorts, three
documentaries, and written one book.
He was personal assistant to Al Pacino for CHAL productions in New York in 1992,
personal assistant to Abel Ferrara in Rome in 2003.
From 1987 to 1992 he was in New York acting at the Actors’ Studio and at Lee Strasburg
Institute.
He was lead actor in “The Contenders” produced by Milos
Forman for Columbia University.
In 1993 he acted in the film “Enchanted April” by Mike Newell (3 Oscar nominations and
winner of 2 Golden Globes).
In 1995, he was a finalist and won a scholarship at 'Premio Solinas' for the screenplay
"Girotondo, giro attorno al mondo".
In 1996 he published the poetic - photographic book “La mia incapacità di stare
al Mondo” with poems by Davide and photographs by Fabio Paleari.
In 2008 he acted in the film “Nelle tue mani” by Peter del Monte.
FILMOGRAPHY
1997 “Entre la chair et L’ongle, il y a la crasse” Canal Plus France
1998 “Girotondo, giro attorno al mondo” produced by Gianluca Arcopinto
Distributed by Pablo
Cittadella Fuji Award Best Italian Independent Film, Cittadella Fuji Award Best Lead
Actor Arezzo Film Festival of Independent Cinema.
Sulmona Cinema Film Festival Ovidio d’Argento Best Director, Ovidio d’Argento Best Sound
Track
1999 “Bombay:Arthur road prison” Vela d’oro at the Bellaria Film Festival
2000 “Contromano- Il lavoro di Peter del Monte” produced by Shooting Hope
Production
2004 “Abel Ferrara in Rome – Il documentario mai realizzato”
2006 “Inauditi-Inuit!” present at the Film Festival Doc 2006
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BEKET ● technical cast
Tarek Ben Abdallah ● Photography
Has been living and working in Italy since 1984.
He was assistant in the Photography Department at the ‘Centro Sperimentale di
Cinematografia’ (with Giuseppe Rotunno as Head of Department) from 1990 to 1994.
Before studying at the Centro Sperimentale he worked in the theatre as assistant director
and director, first in Tunisia and then in Italy.
He currently teaches at NUCT, “Nuova Università del Cinema e della televisione”, and at
ZELIG.
In 1999 he got his nomination for the “Nastro d’Argento” for the lighting of “Giro di lune
tra terra e mare”, directed by Giuseppe Maria Gaudino.
He worked as director of photography in : Riparo (2008) by Marco Simon Piccioni; Gas
(2005) by Luciano Melchionna; Io che amo solo te (2004) by Gianfranco Pannone; Latina Littoria (2001) by Gianfranco Pannone, Best documentary at the Turin Film Festival; Crudo
(2000) by Irma Immacolata Palazzo, Nomination for the European Golden Globes;
L ’America a Roma (1998) by Gianfranco Pannone, Locarno International Film Festival;
Giro di luna tra terra e mare (1997), by Giuseppe Gaudino present at the Venice Film
Festival.
Rosella Mocci● editor
Was born in Rome in 1957. Studied philosophy, then classical violin for a few years. She
worked as editing assistant from 1991 and in 1993, with ”L’amore vincitore”, she started
to collaborate with Roberto Nanni. In 1997 she edited the film “Stressati” by Mauro
Cappelloni and collaborated in the editing of the film “Giro di lune tra terra e mare” by
Giuseppe M. Gaudino, in competition at the 54th Venice Film Festival. She edited
“Spiaggia” by Mauro Cappelloni (1998), “Animali che attraversano la strada” by Isabella
Sandri (2000), “L’Amore che non scordo, storia di comuni maestre” by Daniela Ughetta
and Manuela Vigorita. Since 2006 she has been working with Davide Manuli, editing
“Inauditi-Inuit”, in competition the same year at the Turin Film Festival, and “Abel Ferrara
in Rome – Il documentario mai realizzato”.
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BEKET ● the production company
BLUE FILM
Blue Film is an independent film production company founded in Rome in September 2001,
it makes films and shorts, documentary films, music videos and ads, privileging
partnerships and alliances with European and private investors.
From the beginning Blue Film has chosen an editorial line characterized by strong social
involvement and by an innovative use of cinematographic language and new technologies.
Following are some of the most recent and significant works produced;
Beket (2008) feature, directed by Davide Manuli, “Filmmaker of the Present Competition”
at 61st Film Festival Locarno
Il Sol dell’Avvenire (Red sunrise) (2008) documentary film, directed by Gianfranco
Pannone, “Ici et ailleurs” at 61st Film Festival Locarno
Nelle Tue Mani (In your hand) (2008) feature, directed by Peter Del Monte, shown at
the Turin Film Festival
Non Tacere (Don’t be silent) (2007) documentary film by Fabio Grimaldi awarded the
Best Documentary at the 16th Arcipelago – Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggi e
Nuove Immagini
Una QUESTIone poco privata (2007) documentary, directed by Gianfranco Pannone
special event at the 64th Venice Film Festival
Scafurchio Brothers (2004) short film by Tiziana Gagnor, shown at the 61st Venice Film
Festival
Io che Amo solo te (2004) feature, directed by Gianfranco Pannone
I Graffiti della mente (Graffiti of the mind) (2002) documentary film directed by Pier
Nello and Erika Manoni, awarded Best Documentary at the Bellaria Film Festival, Menzione
Speciale at Rencontres Internationale du Documentaire Lyon. Best Dcoumentary at the
34th Festival Opere Nuove in Bolzano
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BEKET ● the production company
SHOOTING HOPE PRODUCTION
Beket (2008) directed by Davide Manuli. “Concorso Cineasti del Presente” 61st Festival
internazionale del Film di Locarno
Inauditi-Inuit! (2006) director Davide Manuli, in competition at the Turin Film Festival
Doc.
Abel Ferrara in Rome – Il documentario mai realizzato (2004) director Davide
Manuli
Contromano - Il lavoro di Peter del Monte (2000) director Davide Manuli.
Bombay: Arthur road prison (1999) director Davide Manuli, Vela d’oro at the Bellaria
Film Festival
Girotondo, giro attorno al mondo (1998) director Davide Manuli, produced by
Gianluca Arcopinto, distributed by Pablo. Cittadella Fuji Award as best Italian Independent
Film, Cittadella Fuji Award as Best Lead Actor at Arezzo Film Festival of Independent
Cinema. Sulmona Cinema Film Festival Ovidio d’Argento for
Best Director, Ovidio
d’Argento for Best soundtrack.
Blue Film srl
Lungotevere Flaminio, 76
00196 Roma
Tel. +39 06 3215488
Fax +39 06 3215517
Bruno Tribbioli +39 347 7958513
Alessandro Bonifazi +39 348 7825796
Davide Manuli +39 338 5274124
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