FAVOLACCE

FAVOLACCE (Bad Tales)

a film by Fabio and Damiano D’Innocenzo
Italy, Switzerland 2020; 98′; o.v. Italian

Festivals & Prizes

70th Berlin International Film Festival 2020 – Silver Bear Award for the best screenplay.
Nastri d’Argento 2020 – Best Film, Best producer, Best screenplay to Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo, Best photography to Paolo Carnera, Best costumes to Massimo Cantini Parrini
Ciak d’Oro 2020 – Best direction; best screenplay, best producer, best supporting role (Barbara Chichiarelli), best costumes.

Synopsis:

Once upon a time there was a dark fairy tale set in outskirts south of Rome, between a brutally built melancholy coast and swampy countryside. A small family community composed of parents, teenagers and teachers. The characters seem apparently normal. There, silence covers the subtle sadism of the fathers (imperceptible but inexorable), the passivity of the mothers, and the guilty indifference of the teachers.
Overall, it is the desperation of the children, diligent and cruel, incapable of listening, that explodes in repressed rage and flows quickly through the loss of everyone.

Credits

Cast:

Elio Germano, Barbara Chichiarelli, Lino Musella, Max Malatesta, Tommaso di Cola, Giulietta Rebeggiani, Justin Korovkin, Giulia Melilio, Laura Borgioli

Director:

Fabio and Damiano D'Innocenzo

Screenplay:

Fabio and Damiano D'Innocenzo

Cinematographer:

Paolo Carnera

Editing:

Esmeralda Calabria

Sound engineer:

Marc Thill

Sound mix:

Maxence Ciekawy

Costumes:

Massimo Cantini Parrini

Make-up:

Diego Prestopino

Assistant Director:

Fabio Simonelli

Production:

Agostino and Giuseppe Saccà for Pepito Produzioni

Co-Production:

Tiziana Soudani, Michela Pini, Gabriella De Gara for Amka Films Production, Alessandro Marcionni for RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Rai Cinema

Swiss distribution:

Filmcoopi

international sales:

The Match Factory