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The Plastic Cardboard Sonata

Synopsis: 

The inspiration of The Plastic Cardboard Sonata was originated by the wish to portray a phenomenon which our eyes have figured out and our lives have directly experienced: the solitude of a new kind of middle class suburbs, which have recently stood out in the outskirts of Rome. We felt the urgency to show how those places slipped out of our control. Such places where human relationships are pervaded by material interest and boredom, common spaces are inexistent, architectural settings rule the way people face to one another - as department stores have substituted for squares. All the new Roman outskirts just look identical: a nowhere land populated by single individuals who do not match together, although they feature the same stories. They are far cry away from Pasolini’s crowd - with their humane authenticity - not only from an imaginative and social point of view. We had very scarce means to implement our project but a strong motivation: the available budget only amounted to 16.000 Euro.Therefore, The Plastic Cardboard Sonata is a bet against all odds – at least with respect to the cinema standards we are accustomed to. It is a harsh and dystopic narration which abhors sentimentalism and falsification; thereupon, in spite of its pervading lyricism, no predicted happy ended is provided. It is an exploration through the spiralling depth of solitude, which has no end or starting point just like the protagonist’s story - as “empty and waste is the sea”.

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01:20:00
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Directors: Piero Persello
Writers: Piero Persello, Enrico Falcone
Producers: Piero Persello
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Student project: No
Completion date: 10/20/2016
Shooting format: 2K
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Film color: Color
First-time filmmaker: Yes

Total votes: 265

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