A BITTER STORY
Francesca Bono / Italy / 2016 / 53 min / Colour
The second largest Chinese community in Europe is in the Piedmont region of Italy. Since the 1990s, Barge and Bagnolo, two small Chinese centres in the Cuneo area at the foot of the Alps, have seen the arrival of an ever-growing Chinese population, drawn by the opportunity to work in the stone extraction industry. In the schools of the two towns, the majority of students are Chinese, caught up in a process of maturation, learning, and integration, which comes up against rigid family structures and varying work prospects. The director has chosen the teenagers' point of view to tell this story.
Francesca Bono
Born in Cavallermaggiore, in the province of Cuneo, in 1985, she is a photographer with a diploma from the IED in Turin. Over the years she has followed and documented the creative process of numerous artistic endeavours. She currently lives and works in Chile. A Bitter Story (2016) is her first medium-length film, which she brought to the 34° Torino Film Festival.
Credits
Screenplay Francesca Bono, Fabio FerreroCinematography Matteo TortoneSound Alessandro Abba Legnazzi, Luca TestolinEditing Francesca BonoMusic L'amortexMain cast Deng Qun Ye, Hu Yun Fei, Hu Ying Ying, Hu Jin Jie, Hu Yu Bei, Wang Feng TengProducer Fabio FerreroProduction company Officina Koiné
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