Film

Dieci chili di mare

Seaside Out

"Here the sea is the boss, we’re just the extras, the small fry" sums up Giampiero Levratto, 70 years old, most of which spent fishing from his boat off the coast of Savona, a job he still does despite the toil and economic hardship of a dying profession. On a late summer evening, Francesco Uboldi follows Levratto as he casts his nets, and returns at dawn the next day to sell the night’s catch on the beach to regular customers and foreign tourists. From the lengthy monologue emerge the old fisherman’s memories as he recounts the events in his life, the secrets of the sea, and the changes in the relationship between man and sea, now farmed and exploited. A compelling portrait of a figure from another era, poetic in its plain genuineness.

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Il regista / The Director

Francesco Uboldi studied in Virginia and the Dept. of Communications, University of Bologna. He is currently doing postgraduate work in communications sciences at the Italian-Swiss University, and teaches on the masters course in journalism at the IULM, Milan. Works to his credit include the documentaries Rom, musicisti sotterranei (2004), Il libro dell'acqua (2004), presented at CinemAmbiente 2005, L'attesa (2005), Chi ce lo fa fare! (2005), Sulla strada per Bagan (2005), presented at CinemAmbiente 2006, Jean Paul (2006), and Valdés (2008), presented at CinemAmbiente 2008.

Edizione 2009
Concorso Documentari Italiani/Italian Documentary Competition

documentario
Italia/Italy, 2009, 20'

REGIA/DIRECTOR
Francesco Uboldi

TAGS:
ECOSISTEMI E BIODIVERSITA' - ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY / MARE - SEA / PESCA - SEA / LIGURIA