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Sons of the set

Not long time ago, there was golden era of Italian Cinema. The dream machine that conquered heart and mind of the audience. Italy wasn’t Hollywood but aspired to become it. Workers, camera operators, actors taken from streets. All of this people was devoted to intelligence but also to effort. A memory that will be impressed in mind for many people which lived in this period. Fathers that are no more leave to their sons memory’s treasure. A treasure of priceless value to transmit and preserve…

Carlotta Bolognini grew up in a wonderful family where cinema was art breathed at home. Nostalgic of the old cinema decides to see old friends , through an invitation to dinner. All sons of art, with various parents which spent the most lighthearted and funniest years of their lives: childhood and adolescence. Carlotta's father Manolo is with them, seated at a table of an ancient castle. Through memories, stories, movies , photos and historical documents, our protagonists evoke the beloved Italian cinema. A journey into the past to relive the nostalgic 50 years of Italian film history .

  • Alfredo Lo Piero
    Director
  • Alfredo Lo Piero
    Writer
  • Carlotta Bolognini
    Writer
  • Alfredo Lo Piero
    Producer
  • Carlotta Bolognini
    Producer
  • Giancarlo Giannini
    Key Cast
  • Manolo Bolognini
    Key Cast
  • Renzo Rossellini
    Key Cast
  • Ricky Tognazzi
    Key Cast
  • Simona Izzo
    Key Cast
  • Fabrizio Frizzi
    Key Cast
  • Danny Quinn
    Key Cast
  • Alex Partexano
    Key Cast
  • Saverio Vallone
    Key Cast
  • Vera Gemma
    Key Cast
  • Giancarlo Giannini
    Voice over
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 2 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 20, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    300,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Giffoni Film Festival
    Salerno
    Italy
    July 20, 2016
  • Mauro Bolognini Film Festival
    Pistoia
    Italy
    November 26, 2016
  • International Tour Film Festival
    Civitavecchia, Rome
    Italy
    September 30, 2016
  • Gianni di Venanzo International Award
    Teramo
    Italy
    September 13, 2015
    Venanzo Award
  • Raf Vallone Award
    Tropea
    Italy
    September 18, 2016
Director Biography - Alfredo Lo Piero

Alfredo Lo Piero - Director

Born in Catania. Motivated by a strong passion for art in its various expressions, he moves to Rome for many workshop with personalities of Italian cinema and theatre. His longeve collaboration with producer and RAI documentary director Gianfranco Bernabei refines his love for the seventh art. In 2005 he receives various awards and achievements with the play Benedetta Provvidenza, written with Gianfranco Bernabei; loosely based on the behind the scenes of the movie La terra trema directed by Luchino Visconti, this play receives critical praise and audience, also from former President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano. Since 2006 he directs in Catania the artistic and cultural center A.I. Centro Studi Laboratorio d'Arte founded by Lo Piero himself . In the same year he found directs film school Scuola di Cinema a Catania, where renowned professionals from Italian and international cinema collaborated. Music composer Stelvio Cipriani, actors Giancarlo Giannini, Elio Pandolfi, Carlo Giuffre, filmmakers Lina Wertmuller, Dario Argento, Giovanni Veronesi, Sergio Martino, Luigi Perelli, are just few of the names and they continue to collaborate at his school. In 2015 directs and co-produces the documentary film Sons of the Set, also writing subject and screenplay with Carlotta Bolognini in co-production with B.M.C. company by Carlotta Bolognini. Currently Alfredo Lo Piero is producing and directing a movie loosely inspired by the great music composer Vincenzo Bellini: Bellini, il Mistero di Puteaux . An international project that will feature a prestigious artistic and technical cast and collaboration from international studios.

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