DESIRÉ
Suburb of Naples, year 2022, Desiré is a 16-year-old Senegalese girl who lives from day to day. She has no friends, no interests, no great passions; her world appears as empty as the gaze of her mother, a drug addict who cannot stand on her feet. The only thing she values is her affection for Emanuele, a young boy a few years older who is looking for a quick rise in the local underworld.
One night, Emanuele convinces her to act as a courier for the local underworld: the two guys are given a backpack that they must deliver to a specific place in the city.
Desiré finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time: she is arrested by the police and sent to the juvenile penitentiary on the island of Nisida, which borders Naples.
During her long detention that lasts 18 months, Desiré begins a slow path of identity growth, she begins to feel attracted by theatre, in prison she finds the tools to express herself that paradoxically in freedom she did not have, her dormant pleasure for singing is something more, it is a value, it is awareness. Parallel to her inner journey, external events take an unexpected turn: members of the underworld are looking for the backpack that has not been found since that night...
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Mario VezzaDirector
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Fabrizo NardiWriter
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Mario VezzaWriterI'M Festival (doc)
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Armando CiotolaProducer
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Antonio AcamporaProducer
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Nassiratou ZanreKey Cast"Desiré"
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Enrico Lo versoKey Cast"Carmine"Hudson Hawk, Il ladro di bambini, Hannibal, Baarìa
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Antonella StefanucciKey Cast"Cira"Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio, Denti, Io non ho paura
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Brunella CacciuniKey Cast"Luciana"Piano piano
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Tonia De miccoKey Cast"Rita"Amleto è mio fratello, Ciurè
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Giuseppe AuriemmaKey Cast"Emanuele"
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Annachiara CanarioKey Cast"Tonia"
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Sara D’AmbrosioKey Cast"Rita"
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Giuliana ZannelliKey Cast"Sottiletta"
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Project Title (Original Language):DESIRÉ
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Project Type:Feature
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Runtime:1 hour 41 minutes 28 seconds
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Completion Date:September 1, 2023
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Production Budget:500,000 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:4k
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Aspect Ratio:16 9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Alice nella città 2023ROMA Alice nella città
Italy
October 25, 2023
Italian
premio raffaella fioretta miglior film - sezione panorama italia -
Lugano Other Movie 2024Lugano
Switzerland
official selection -
Ischia Global Film Festival 2024Ischia
Italy
selection -
Social World Film Festival 2024Vico Equense
Italy
July 3, 2024
selection -
Ortigia Film Festival 2024Siracusa
Italy
July 6, 2024
sicilia
selection
Distribution Information
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rai comSales AgentCountry: Worldwide
Mario Vezza (Torre del Greco, Napoli, 1983) grew up with an Art education.
He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples in New Art Technologies.
Since 2006, he has been active as a film-maker and VJ. In 2006 he moved to the UK to study at Dartington College of Arts. He graduated in 2008 in New Technologies of Art. Since 2009 he has been directing short films, documentaries and video clips.
In 2022 he writes and directed his first film, Desiré, which was released in 2024.