Pratomagno
Waves
Gianfranco Bonadies, Paolo Martino / Italy / 2019 / 29 min / Colour
Among the high peaks of Pratomagno, a mountain range in the heart of Italy, Alberto and Sulayman share a special friendship. Alberto is a child born in the pastures of that pleasant land, while Sulayman is a young shepherd who arrived by sea from Gambia. Far from the hustle and bustle of the valley, the two live in peace and symbiosis with the woods and animals, dividing their day between looking after the flock and hiking along the stream. The warm light of summer is suddenly threatened by dark omens that gather like rain clouds, heralding a fracture, a separation that will arrive, feared and inevitable. Taking advantage of the possibilities of rough and evocative computer-generated imagery, the directors investigate a probable future, that of Alberto by now grown who returns to Pratomagno, which has become a landscape of memory and of the soul. A pouring rain falls in the darkness of an endless night, while the waters of the sea rise up to threaten the very top of the mountain.
Gianfranco Bonadies
Gianfranco Bonadies is a young Italiano illustrator and animator. After studying painting, he earned a diploma in animation in Spain and began working as a character designer and CGI artist. He teaches at the Accademia del Cinema Ragazzi in Bari.
Paolo Martino
Paolo Martino studied international relations and lived for many years in the Middle East. He made the documentaries Just about My Fingers – Storie di confini e impronte digitali (2011) and Terra di Transito (2014), shown at numerous festivals.
Credits
Subject Gianfranco Bonadies, Paolo Martino, Tommaso OrbiCinematography Valentina PacificiEditing Tommaso OrbiMusic Lorenzo PerferiMain cast Alberto Pasolini, Sulayman Banora Chiara Pasolini, Luciano Pasolini, Niccolò TinacciProduction company MACMA
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