Private Project

Charlie – Someone’s in there

Charlie is about love while Apocalypse wind destroys everything. Antonio fights for the love towards his companion and his dad and faces one of the hardest choice in his whole life.

[The movie is available with subtitles in English, French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese]

  • Paolo Casarolli
    Director
    Human Apprentice, The Winners, The appointment
  • Paolo Casarolli
    Writer
    Human Apprentice, The Winners, The appointment
  • Giuseppe Paternò Raddusa
    Key Cast
    "Antonio"
    Dreams, Washed Out, Human Apprentice
  • Simone Dumdam
    Key Cast
    "Marco"
  • Gian Franco Manenti
    Key Cast
    "The father"
  • Cinebaloss
    Production
  • Artetika
    Production
  • Mario Leclere
    Cinematography
    Farida, Lover’s Inn, La giostra di pietra, #OPS L’evento
  • Tommy Bradascio
    Original Score (Music)
  • Mario Leclere
    Visual effects
  • Morena La Ferla
    Script Supervisor
  • Luca Blini
    Boom
  • Mario Leclere
    Sound Editing & Mix
  • Francesco Saitta
    Sound Editing & Mix
  • Aurora Bosio
    Make Up
  • Marianna Capasso
    Make Up
  • Sara Visentin [French]
    Subtitles
  • Rosa Blanca Miguel [Spanish]
    Subtitles
  • Rita Saurwein [German]
    Subtitles
  • Anna Movchan Russo [Russian]
    Subtitles
  • Hao Guo [Chinese]
    Subtitles
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Charlie c'è qualcuno lì dentro
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Black Comedy, Horror, LGBT, Queer, Fiction, Short, Comedy, Drama, Dystopian
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 2 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 27, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Moscow Shorts ISFF
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    July 30, 2019
    Official Selection
  • KinoDUEL International Film Festival
    Minsk
    Belarus
    November 22, 2019
    Official Selection
  • International Short Film Festival Beveren
    Beveren
    Belgium
    November 23, 2019
    Nominee
  • International Shorts
    Southbank, Victoria
    Australia
    December 2, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Changing Face International Film Festival
    Sidney
    Australia
    Monthly Winner
  • Genre Celebration Festival
    Tokio
    Japan
    December 7, 2019
    Nominee - Best director and Best Short
  • Top Indie Film Awards
    Tokio
    Japan
    Nominee - Best Writing, Best Short, Best Music
  • Top Indie Film Awards
    Tokio
    Japan
    Winner - Best Humor
  • Alder International Short Film Festival
    Chicago
    United States
    Semi-Finalist
  • IndieNuts Awards
    Oberammergau
    Germany
    September 27, 2019
    Official Selection
  • CINEFANTASY - INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    September 3, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Rome Independent Prisma Awards
    Roma
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Midwest Monster Film Fest
    Moline, Illinois
    United States
    September 14, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Highlands Film Fest
    Highlands, New Jersey
    United States
    October 4, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Things 2 Fear Film Fest
    Winchester, Virginia
    United States
    October 1, 2019
    Official Selection
  • The HB Film Festival
    Paisley
    United Kingdom
    October 19, 2019
    Official Selection
  • HEX After Dark Film Festival
    Calgary
    Canada
    October 11, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    October 23, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Internacional Queer Film Festival Playa del Carmen
    Playa del Carmen
    Mexico
    November 8, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Rivercity Underground Film Festival
    San Antonio
    United States
    December 7, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Eurasia International monthly film festival
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    January 25, 2020
    Finalist
  • REFF React Film Fest
    Catanzaro
    Italy
    November 12, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Out of the can international film festival
    Stonebroom
    United Kingdom
    October 24, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Global Indie Film Fest
    Glasgow
    United Kingdom
    September 30, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Ostia international film festival
    Ostia
    Italy
    October 2, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Wallachia International Film Festival
    Bucarest
    Romania
    September 11, 2020
    Official Selection
  • F3: Frankly Film Fest
    Cincinnati
    United States
    October 9, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Mabig Film Festival
    Augsburg
    Germany
    August 7, 2020
    Official Selection
  • GSF Awards - Global Short Film Awards
    New York
    United States
    May 22, 2020
    Best Comedy Film
Director Biography - Paolo Casarolli

Graduated in show sciences.
Thesis: "Chaplin and Verdoux, two stories that intertwine".
Graduated in modern letters.
Thesis: "The Dialect in the Italian Commediaty of the last forty years"
Graduating in contemporary historical sciences.
Finalist at the Amarcort Film Festival 2014 - short screenplay section with "The power of money"
2001 - Participation in the VII international festival of classical youth theater in Syracuse with the Tragedia "Antigone".
Teacher since 2008 of Literature, film laboratories. Secondary school.
Filmography
2006/ Taedium/ 8 min
2007/ Atlantide/ 8 min
2007/ Gli operai che fecero l’impresa/ 70 min
2008/ Falsa Imago/ 3min
2011/ L’Appuntamento/ 10 min.
2014/ Adolescenti Ribelli/ 45 min
2015/ L’Apprendista Umano/ Webserie
2015/ The Winners/ 40 min

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Director Statement

I’ve always been loving genres-mixing pictures, with the belief of being able to write stories that often live with comedy echoes, with no exception. That’s what has mostly inspired Charlie.

As a long time passionate of Italian comedy films I’ve tried to explore, through brilliant filter, strong references headed to find contradictions and peculiarities of our times. With CHARLIE I set up our times… elsewhere, with an alternative form to have routines and boredom. That's what inspires Charlie more than anything. Everyday life is indeed the core of the film, lived by Antonio and Marco, an ordinary couple ready to face the end of the world.

CHARLIE is a romantic film: Antonio loves his partner and his father as well, finding himself in the most dismal hour of his youth, in the middle of a confusing situation you could hardly define “easy”.

We shot most of the film in only one set, and this somehow was an aesthetic, inspiring choice that sets up the actors movements as if they were on a stage, creating an effective atmosphere.

Computer graphics, furthermore, destroy Milan, our city, a land of joys… and flaws as well.

And the title of the film has not to go unnoticed: Charlie. A tribute to the great Charlie Chaplin is what leads the title choice. Some shots of Chaplin’s Easy Street are featured in the film, to show how great is the love for the Maestro who created Charlot.

This is a synergies films: cast and crew worked hard to have a great result. Without the massive effort that was given by all the ones involved in it, Charlie would not be here.