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Solo I Fantasmi Sognano

Film in episodes, but interior episodes, as poetry is.
This biographical documentary about the poet Mauro Macario intends to pacify and make fraternal written poetry and the poetry of images. Written poetry, as a dying art for the few (like all humanistic culture), and cinematic art, as a mass art, meet without clashing to create a Siamese harmony, in an expressive style that is surreal, oneiric, and symbolic.

  • Andrea Castagna
    Director
    Hanno paura di me (2016); Paesaggi della memoria (2018); Jango, who you are (2020); Io porto una piuma (2023)
  • Mauro Macario
    Director
    Perchè si uccidono (1976)
  • Mauro Macario
    Writer
  • Simone Grassi
    Producer
  • Mauro Macario
    Key Cast
  • Francesco Tonti
    Key Cast
  • Silvia Francioni
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Solo i fantasmi sognano
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    27 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digitale
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Andrea Castagna, Mauro Macario

Andrea Castagna (Carrara, March 19, 1970) has been working in the audiovisual field as a freelancer since 1995, focusing particularly on directing and video editing. In 1993, he attended a directing course held by the Pisa-based director Paolo Benvenuti and later, in 1994, a course on television shooting and video editing, organized by the production company “Interferenze Audiovisivi” on behalf of the Tuscany Region. From 1995 to 1999, he worked as an assistant to photographer and filmmaker Digne Meller Marcovicz, with whom he deepened his knowledge of video shooting techniques and photographic printing. He graduated in "New Technologies of Art" at the Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara.

Mauro Macario (Santa Margherita Ligure, February 21, 1947) is an Italian director, playwright, poet, and writer. During the 1963-1964 academic years, he attended the Drama School of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. After an apprenticeship as an assistant director with Bruno Corbucci (10 films), he began his career in film, theater, and eventually television, producing music-based programs for Rai and Canale 5. Since 1990, he has been dedicated to poetry, essay writing, and fiction.

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Director Statement

The filmmaking process on the set of SOLO I FANTASMI SOGNANO was spontaneous, proceeding with the same visceral and mysterious pull as the written poetry, with visionary ideas developed in the locations, sequence after sequence, almost unbeknownst to us. We hope for the mercy of the ghosts. After all, we loved them so much.