Ticino Film Commission

Forma del primo movimento

by Tommaso Donati

The film follows a group of people during the rehearsal of a future play. Through the movement of their bodies, they form a structure full of tension and try to evoke past histories.

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DATA SHEET
Orginal title:
Forma del primo movimento
Year:
2022
Length (min.):
83'
Original language:
Italian
Subtitles:
German, French
International Title:
First movement form
Production:
Worlds sales:
Facts & Figures:
World premiere at 57. Solothurner Filmtage 2022
Festivals
(selection):
  • 57. Solothurner Filmtage 2022
Official website:
CONTACT
SYNOPSIS

The film follows a group of people during the rehearsal of a future play. Through the movement of their bodies, they form a structure full of tension and try to evoke past histories. The actors express the singularity of their bodies, and create in the theatrical space the opportunities for these diversities to meet. They focus on their bodies; the body is the means by which they get to know themselves, the working space and their companions. But also the means to relate to the real world, which is beyond the windows and walls of the structure where they live.



LOCATION
Lugano and surroundings
Mendrisio, Chiasso and surroundings
CAST & CREW
Direction:
Tommaso Donati
Film script:
Tommaso Donati
Sound editing:
Massimo Mariani
Producers:
Tommaso Donati, Antonio Prata
HIGHLIGHTS

The film begins with the theatrical rehearsals filmed in Mendrisio in the gymnasium of the Torriani Foundation, then moves outdoors with shots in Parco Casvegno, which is part of the Mendrisio socio-psychiatric organisation complex, and in other scattered locations such as Balerna railway station. Some scenes were also filmed in Lugano, in the La Gente foyer of the Fondazione Diamante.

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