Private Project

Departures

Ludovico accepted the tough choice of his sick wife to be left to die. It takes some time to let him find the courage to reveal their daughter the truth through memories.

  • Giorgio Colangeli
    Key Cast
  • Valeria Cavalli
    Key Cast
  • Alessandra Masi
    Key Cast
  • Nicolas Morganti Patrignani
    Director
  • Stefania Autuori
    Writer
  • Nicolas Morganti Patrignani
    Producer
  • Marta Mazzucco
    Cinematographer
  • Gerardo Lamberti
    Editor
  • Michele Melchionda
    Assistant director
  • Alessia Sugamele
    Camera operator
  • Luca Cobucci
    Assistant camera
  • Francesco Buonocore
    Electrician
  • Alessandro Grappelli
    Boom operator
  • Martina Magliaro
    Makeup artist
  • Andrea Colarieti
    Assistant editor
  • Eleonora Russo
    Supporting actors
  • Daniele Di Fazio
    Supporting actors
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Partenze
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Psychological Thriller
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital HDV
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35 (scope)
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • BFI Future Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    February 21, 2019
    Best international Short Film
  • Fotogramma d'Oro Short Film Festival
    Messina
    Italy
    Best Actor
  • Rome Independent Prisma Awards
    Roma
    Italy
    Best Supporting Actress
  • Reff React Film Fest
    Catanzaro
    Italy
    Best Actor, Best Actress, Nominations (Best Short, Best Screenplay)
  • Social World Film Festival
    Napoli
    Italy
  • San Benedetto Film Fest
    San Benedetto del Tronto
    Italy
    Best short film and Best short film (popular jury)
  • Festival Cinematografico Delle Isole Eolie
    Isole Eolie
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Sedicicorto International Film Festival
    Forlì
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Visioni Corte
    Latina
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Palena Film Festival
    Palena
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Quercia Film Festival
    Livorno
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Rieti E Sabina Film Festival
    Rieti
    Italy
    Semi-Finalist
  • Undo Divergent Film Awards
    Boston
    United States
    Nomination Best actor
  • Picentia Short Film Festival
    Salerno
    Italy
    Best Drama Short
  • Festival Internazionale Del Cinema Di Frontiera
    Pachino
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (cicff)
    Calcutta
    India
    Outstanding achievement award
  • Festival Del Cinema Povero
    Varese
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Medff

    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Marenia Audiovisual Festival
    Pisa
    Italy
    Best actor and Best actress
  • Festival Du Film Jeune De Lyon
    Lione
    France
    Official Selection
  • Firstglance Film Fest Philadelphia Twentyten
    Philadelphia
    United States
    Nomination Best Actor
  • Corto Week End
    Milano
    Italy
    Semi-Finalist
  • Foggia Film Festival
    Foggia
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Montecatini International Short Film Festival
    Montecatini
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Padova 4th Wall Indie Filmmaker Festival - P4wiff
    Padova
    Italy
    Best Drama Performance
  • Phlegraean Film Festival
    Napoli
    Italy
    Nomination Best Actor and Best Actress
  • Wag Film Festival
    Arezzo
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Cinqueterre Filmfest
    La Spezia
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Roma Web Fest
    Roma
    Italy
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Nicolas Morganti Patrignani

Nicolas Morganti Patrignani is born in Rimini on december 27th. He spent his childhood and adolescence with his family in San Clemente, a small town in the province of Rimini. Firstborn, with two younger brothers, his father is an employee plumber and his mother is a housewife. In 2015, after graduating from the A.Volta-F.Fellini high school in Riccione, at the age of 18 he decided to follow his dreams and moved to Rome to study directing at Roma Film Academy in Cinecittà (Rome). During his studies, he directed several videos and in 2017 he graduated in Film and Television Direction, making his first short film “Partenze”, with Giorgio Colangeli, Valeria Cavalli e Alessandra Masi.

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Director Statement

What is really love? What would you be able to do for love? How far would you be willing to push yourself for love? Through this short film, we have not tried to give answers to these questions but we would like the spectator to ask them and reflect. We have represented a destroyed man with a heart torn by suffering but who, nevertheless, has accepted the will of the person he loves, even if he does not understand the reasons all the way. In addition to the husband-wife relationship, the father-daughter relationship is also treated: the protagonist feels the need to reveal the truth to his daughter but at the same time he feels a terrible fear of losing her too. Two different kinds of love, the same fear of losing them.