20/10/2012
Samstag im Kopfkino:
Wir zeigen im Rahmen des Film im Kopf Festivals:
The Smell of Lemons
Il profumo di lumia
Italy, 2010, 90 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Colorado, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Language: Sicilian, Italian English Subtitles
DIRECTOR: Joel Stangle
In his hometown of Schillechenti, teenaged Giole discovers that all the women smell like lemons and look too beautiful for words. But he insists on writing poetry to them anyway. Obsessed, he is determined to fulfill his quest to find true love.
One of his two best buddies, who would rather cliff dive than listen to Giole daydream, tricks him into thinking that the main object of his affection, an oblivious village girl, lives in a ramshackle building above an abandoned balcony. For weeks, Giole writes her love letters and slips them under the door; his mother, also a hopeless romantic, assists him with the wording. All his life, she has told him the story of a magic stone that gives men the power to make women say yes. When his expressions of love go unanswered, Giole extends his search for the mythological stone beyond the village. He steals a scooter and heads off past Mount Etna into an unfamiliar world.
Denver native Joel Stangle traveled to Sicily to make his first feature film in Acireale, where the natural light and color of the scenery guided his direction. He selected nonprofessional actors to play the roles of Giole, his sensual mother, his friends and the lovely teenage girls who tempt and taunt him. He wrote his improvisation-friendly script in one month, then had the original English translated into Italian for the Sicilian cast. For six weeks, he and his “crew” of one assistant rode bicycles loaded with equipment to their locations. The result is simply gorgeous.
—Joey Porcelli
Beginn: 20 Uhr
http://www.denverfilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=23571&fid=54
http://www.joelstangle.com/?p=199
Italy, 2010, 90 Minute Running TimeAdditional Countries: USAGenre/Subjects:Colorado,Comedy,Drama,RomancePrograms:New Directors Showcase,Spotlight on ColoradoLanguage: Sicilian, ItalianEnglish Subtitles
