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ZEITNOT- Allegro ma non troppo

The Leone brothers' profession is rather unconventional.
Aurelio, Vittoria and Elena run IFAL corporated, a company for assisted suicides. Contrary to popular belief, the three brothers aim to fulfill every clients’ wish.
The suicide victim will personally choose his own death, which may be insane, desperate, ironic, perverse, depending on his personal taste. IFAL allows the client to decide the way to die and even the scenario.
Today's client is Tiziano Callegaro, a common professor of ancient Greek. His last wish? A couples’ dinner, more precisely a symposium.
Everything seems to go according to the agreed plans, but Tiziano has one last confession to make: a secret that will completely turn the situation around.
How many assassins are in the room?

  • Giacomo Pedrotti
    Director
  • Claudio Pauri
    Director
  • Giacomo Pedrotti
    Writer
  • Alice Manzati
    Writer
  • Enrica Cortese
    Producer
  • Alice Manzati
    Producer
  • Giacomo Pedrotti
    Producer
  • Enrica Cortese
    Key Cast
    "Vittoria"
  • Alice Manzati
    Key Cast
    "Elena"
  • Giacomo Pedrotti
    Key Cast
    "Aurelio"
  • Mirco Tahoun
    Key Cast
    "Tiziano"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    ZEITNOT- Allegro ma non troppo
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Black comedy, Grotesque, thriller
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 46 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 25, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Materiali sonori cinema
    Distributor
    Country: Italy
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Giacomo Pedrotti , Claudio Pauri

Giacomo Pedrotti (born March 27, 1995) graduated at the Accademia Teatrale Veneta, an academy of dramatic arts based in Venice, in 2018. During his studies he soon developed a great interest in directing which led him to shoot his first independent short films including The Last Piece (2017) and The Good Teacher (2018). In 2019 he founded the film production company Aries Film. In 2019 he shot Zeitnot. Afterwards he writes and directs Hide and Seek (2019), a horror short film, which has been highly successful. This leads him to shoot the second chapter "Grandmother's Footsteps" which has yet to be released.

Claudio Pauri (born February 1st 1999) from 2015 to 2017 he is a member of the jury of the Corto Dorico festival. In 2018 he was admitted to the Holden School for Direction, Screenplay and Film Production. In 2019 he worked as a camera operator in the documentary Making (Of) Love (by Lucio Basadonne and Anna Pollio, work in progress). Film in which he appears among the protagonists.
In the same year he directed and screenplayed the film "Edoné - la sindrome di Eva" (2020), a collective film of I MOLesti, in which he also appears as an actor.

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Director Statement

The notes of a dystopic, grotesque and unusually comic symphony introduce "Zeitnot. Cheerful but not too much" that plays with death and life. is this Right or Wrong?
You will be the one to decide.