Sad letters
It is night. A man is writing a letter to his daughter. The ink flow on the white pages, time goes by quickly, too quickly. Almost impossible to distinguish hours and days, as if that letter is written for months or even years. He is alone, abandoned by his family, by her above all…
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Giuseppe Alessio NuzzoDirector
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Giuseppe Alessio NuzzoWriter
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Paradise Pictures, Pulcinella Film in collaborazione con Studio Universal e Film Commission Regione CampaniaProducer
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Leo GullottaKey Cast
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Diane PatiernoKey Cast
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Viola VarleseKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):Lettere a mia figlia
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Project Type:Short, Student, Television
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Genres:Drama, Social
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Runtime:12 minutes
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Completion Date:October 31, 2016
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Production Budget:10,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Italy
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Country of Filming:Italy
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Language:Italian
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Shooting Format:RED
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Aspect Ratio:2:35:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Nastri d'ArgentoRoma
Italy
special award (menzione speciale) -
David di DonatelloRoma
Italy
in competition -
Giffoni Film FestivalGiffoni Valle Piana
Italy
best short film -
Periferie dell'imperoCaserta
Italy
best actor -
Giornate Professionali di Cinema di SorrentoSorrento
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Chandler International Film FestivalChandler, Arizona
United States
best soundtrack -
Istituto di Cultura Italiano di Los AngelesLos Angeles, California
United States -
Firenze FilmCorti FestivalFirenze
Italy
best actor -
Punti di Vista Film FestivalCagliari
Italy -
CortiSonanti Film FestivalNapoli
Italy
best short film, best actor, best actress -
Torino Short Film MarketTorino
Italy -
Cinema PosillipoNapoli
Italy -
A.M.N.E.S.I.A.Villaricca, Napoli
Italy -
Casa del CinemaRoma
Italy -
Auditorium ReggioTVReggio Calabria
Italy -
Galà del Cinema e della FictionNapoli
Italy
October 12, 2017
Best actor -
Premio Sele D'OroSalerno
Italy
Best short film -
ZeroTrenta CortoFestivalFerrara
Italy
best actor and best soundtrack -
Cellole Corto Film FestivalCellole
Italy
best short film -
Mitreo Film FestivalSanta Maria C.V.
Italy
special award -
Kalat Nissa Film FestivalCaltanissetta
Italy
Best Short Film -
Visioni Corte Short Film FestivalMinturno
Italy
Best Actor -
Firenze FilmCorti FestivalFirenze
Italy
Best Actor -
Picentia Short Film FestivalMontecorvino R.
Italy
technical's jury award -
IIC Rassegna FilmLos Angeles
United States -
Periferie Dell'Impero Film FestivalSessa Aurunca (Caserta)
Italy
Best Actor -
Studio Universal Rassegna FilmNapoli
Italy -
AIMA Rassegna FilmReggio Emilia
Italy -
Alzheimer Rassegna FilmVibo Valentia
Italy -
ilcorto.itRoma
Italy
best short film -
Roma Film CortoRoma
Italy
Premio Ettore Scola -
Premio Cinematografico Fausto RossanoNapoli
Italy -
Florence Short Film FestivalFirenze
Italy
October 2, 2018
Distribution Information
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Paradise PicturesCountry: ItalyRights: All Rights
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NBC Universal per Studio UniversalCountry: ItalyRights: Video on Demand, Paid TV
Born in 1989, he is the General Director of Social World Film Festival.
He is external collaborator at School of Cinema of Naples and writes about film critics on several magazines.
He has directed many short films ("Sad letters" starring Leo Gullotta), documentaries ("Primitivamente" starring Giancarlo Giannini and with soundtrack by Enzo Avitabile and Adriano Aponte) and social TV adverts ("Corri" starring Anna Falchi on Rai and Mediaset channels). For his works he was awarded several prizes by the President of the Republic of Italy Giorgio Napolitano and by the Nobel Prize Rita Levi Montalcini, by the European Union and by Pubblicità Progresso.
He has also been jury member in several international cinema festivals, such as Festa del Cinema di Roma for the Prize Marco Aurelio Esordienti (together with Caterina D'Amico, CEO for Rai Cinema) and Giffoni Film Festival.
In October 2011 he is among the ten excellences of young Italian cinema in Los Angeles according to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
In 2013 he has designed and realised the first and only monument to cinema in Italy, the "Wall of fame" in Vico Equense (Sorrento Coast).
In 2014 he founds the production company "Pulcinella Film" and in the same year he institutes in Vico Equense a Museum of cinema set on the territory and of the Sorrento Coast, collecting hundreds of manifests, playbills, posters, projectors and other artefacts from XIX century to more recent times.
In December 2015 he presents his first book in occasion of the 120th anniversary since the first cinema projection by Lumière brothers in Paris. The title is "Cinema è sogno - Antologia delle citazioni cinematografiche: le frasi dei più celebri film italiani dal 1930 ad oggi". The conclusions were written by the actor and professor Enzo Decaro, while the preface was by the President of David di Donatello Gian Luigi Rondi, who defined the book as "monumental".
In February 2016 he directs his first feature film, "Le verità", the first psychological thriller ever produced in Italy, starring Francesco Montanari, Nicoletta Romanoff, Anna Safroncik, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Fabrizio Nevola, Luigi Diberti, Sergio Solli, Renato Scarpa among the others.
He studies production and cinematographic organisation at Lab of the National Film School - Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Experimental Cinematography Centre).
In 2017 he produce the feature film by Eitan Pitgiliani "InsaneLove" with a international cast (Clara Alonso, Diego Dominguez Llort etc) and he won the special mention at the important Italian award "Nastri d'Argento" and the best short film award at "Giffoni Film Festival".
Graduated with the highest votes in Dentistry, he has also been Counsellor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Second University of Naples.
Cinema
InsaneLove, by Eitan Pitigliani - feature film (2017)
Le verità, by Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo – first feature film (2016)
Sad Letters by Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo – short film (2016)
E tu chi sei?, by Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo - TV documentary (2015)
Primitivamente, by Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo - short documentary (2015)
Cinema in Costiera, by Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo - short documentary (2014)
Normale, by Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo - short documentary (2014)
Right to life, by Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo – short film (2013)
Television
Corri, by Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo – TV advertisement (2014)