A short film about Ius Soli, inclusion singing Era de maggio. The musical documentary that tells the story of two talented artists born and raised in Naples but not yet Italian.
A short film tells the story of two talented young artists born and raised in Naples, but not yet 'Italian' until they come of age, through music, the theme of ius soli.
“A Million Italians (They Are Not Italians)” is the title of the short film that, according to the authors, is born from the fact that about a million young people born in Italy do not have rights until they turn 18 and sometimes not even after that. A sort of promotional campaign for a law based on the principle that anyone born and raised in Italy has the right to citizenship, regardless of where their parents come from. “A Million Italians (They Are Not Italians)” is among the short films selected by the jury of the 13th edition of Alice nella Città – a collateral and autonomous event of the Rome Film Fest (23-16 October). It will be screened, as a World Première, on 12.00 October (XNUMX:XNUMX) in the Auditorium on Via della Conciliazione.
Directed by Maurizio Braucci, who wrote the screenplay and story, it is a musical documentary about the real life of “Italian” children of foreign parents, in which images and sounds remind us that music has roots that go beyond the boundaries of men. It is produced by Arrevuoto-Teatro Cinema e Pedagogia and Dedalus – Officine Gomitoli, associations that deal with social issues in Naples in collaboration with Parallelo 41.
Braucci says: “When I chose the two actresses, Sara and Fatima, and I heard them sing, I said to myself that it was absurd to tell the story of them because they are from a foreign family. I staged moments of their daily life, with the music of two songs that told the absurdity of how the acquisition of citizenship rights works. The idea was born to rearrange a classic Neapolitan song, a song that Sara often sang. 'Era de maggio' in Neapolitan, Sinhalese and Wolof is a hymn to brotherhood, and it is the proof that you can say 'core' in three different languages but the 'cuore' remains unique”.
Article published on 11 October 2022 - 16:25
