Stefano Santini

En été, Forte dei Marmi est une ville tranquille, un petit coin de paradis pour ses citoyens aisés. En hiver, les journées raccourcissent, les nuits s’allongent et les villas deviennent de petites forteresses gardées par des circuits sophistiqués de caméras de sécurité. C’est une histoire d’hiver, une histoire qui bouleverse la vie de ses personnages et les change à jamais. Lorsque la peur habite à l’intérieur des maisons et des gens, quel est le prix de la sécurité?

Ale, a boy from Verona, sells drugs to his peers, forced by a drug lord from whom he cannot separate. But when he is discovered by a private investigator who is investigating a man's death, he is forced to pretend to be someone else. After all, he wanted to be an actor.

Ale, a boy from Verona, sells drugs to his peers, forced by a drug lord from whom he cannot separate. But when he is discovered by a private investigator who is investigating a man's death, he is forced to pretend to be someone else. After all, he wanted to be an actor.

The passing of the seasons in the Mantua town of Castellaro follows the seasons of the life of its inhabitants. Thus, alongside the games of childhood, the first disappointments, the dances in the farmyard, the thwarted loves, the happy weddings and the nostalgia for the youth that fades away, life is always the same with television as its only companion. The arrival of autumn with its unexpected rains changes the life of the people of the town while the river flows inexorably. The first snow of winter whitens the roofs of the houses and invites children to play on the frozen lake.

Using few words and gorgeous imagery, this is a poetic painting of a family, each in their own space on an August afternoon.