SOLE
Director: Carlo Sironi Cast: Sandra Drzymalska, Claudio Segaluscio, Barbara Ronchi, Bruno Buzzi, Marco Felli also starring Orietta Notari and Vitaliano Trevisan
Country: Italy-Poland Length: 102’
Subject: Giulia Moriggi, Carlo Sironi Screenplay: Giulia Moriggi, Carlo Sironi, Antonio Manca Cinematography: Gergely Pohárnok Editing: Andrea Maguolo Music: Teoniki Rożynek Set design: Ilaria Sadun Costume design: Olivia Bellini First Assistant Director: Nicola Scorza Sound engineer: Stefano Sabatini Sound design: Michał Fojcik Casting: Jorgelina Depetris, Tommaso Landucci Producer: Giovanni Pompili
Co-producer: Agnieszka Wasiak World Sales: Luxbox
An italian-polish coproduction by Kino produzioni with Rai Cinema and Lava Films supported by MiBAC, with the support of Eurimages, Regione Lazio, Polish Film Institute, TorinoFilmLab Production Fund, IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige Film Fund & Commission.
Supported by Cinéfondation, the Faliro House | Sundance Mediterranean Screenwriters Workshop and developed trough Berlinale Script Station, Eave, TorinoFilmLab – Feature Lab.
SYNOPSIS
Ermanno is an Italian low-life, Lena is a seventh month pregnant Polish girl. She has come to Italy to sell her baby, he has to pretend to be the father to entrust the newborn to his uncle Fabio in a fake adoption between relatives. Lena’s daughter is born pre-term and she must breastfeed her before she can go away with her money. Lena tries to deny the bond with her baby girl Sole but Ermanno starts to take care of them as if he was the real father.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
“Ever since I was young, I have been wondering what my life would be like if I became a father: what does becoming a father, becoming a parent, mean? Obviously, it has nothing to do simply with giving birth to a creature with one's genetic traits, but rather with a change of attitude concerning one's prospects, one's expectations. How does it feel to lay one's eyes on a newly born creature whom you have to take care of, whom you feel responsible for? I have wondered if I might ever become the father of a child who is not biologically my own, a route which is maybe less common, but no less concrete due to this. Sole is an attempt to answer such a question”.
Carlo Sironi
FESTIVAL AND AWARDS
EFA - European Film Awards 2020: EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2020 – FIPRESCI Award
Venice International Film Festival 2019 - Orizzonti: NUOVOIMAIE Talent Award to Claudio Segaluscio, Lanterna Magica Award, FEDIC Award
TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2019 - Discovery
Busan International Film Festival 2019
Pingyao International Film Festival 2019 - Best of Fest - Audience Award
Cinemed 2019 - Festival Cinema Mediterranéen Montpellier - Compétition Longs Métrages - Antigone d’Or
Mumbai Film Festival 2019 - International Competition - Jury Special Mention
Athens International Film Festival 2019 - Festival Darlings
Vancouver International Film Festival 2019 - Focus on Italy
Chicago International Film Festival 2019 - New Directors Competition
Incontri del Cinema d’Essai di Mantova 2019
Haifa Film Festival 2019 - New Italian Cinema
Festival di nouveau cinéma Montreal 2019 - Special Mention for the Best Interpretation
Festival du film italien de Villerupt 2019 - Amilcar Jury Award and French Owner Theater Award
Cork Film Festival 2019 - International Features
Gijon International Film Festival 2019 - Rellumes and Enfants Terribles sections - FIPRESCI Award
Braunschweig International Film Festival 2019 - Official Competition - Special Jury Mention
International Film Festival Marrakech 2019 - Official Competition
Festival de Cinema Italiano de Madrid 2019
Laceno d’oro 2019 - Out of Competition
Rencontres du cinéma italien à Toulouse 2019 - Competition
Festival del cinema di Porretta Terme 2019 - Fuori dal giro - Winner
Kerala IFF 2019 - World Cinema
Chennai IFF 2019 – World Cinema
Les arcs Film Festival 2019 - Hauteur
Mostra de Cinema Italià de Barcelona 2019
Fabrique du Cinéma Awards – Best Italian Debut Feauture Film
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