The Hyena, the Owl and the Bull
On a rainy evening, a girl and two friends are playing cards and chatting in a bar. Suddenly a mysterious dark-dressed man enters and orders a fizzy. What will happen? We know it... but who was present in that bar that evening, will certainly tell you about it better then us!
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Luigi DonatoDirectorLa Giacca Grigia (2010), Il Natale di Ughetto e Pandora (2012), Il Tempo di un Abbraccio (2015)
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Lorenzo FedonWriter
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Three Castles ProductionsProducer
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René FouresKey Cast
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Marco CapodieciKey Cast
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Bruno AllidiKey Cast
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Dafina BerishaKey Cast
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Cristiano BizzozeroKey Cast
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Lorenzo FedonKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):La Iena, il Gufo e il Toro
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:noir
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Runtime:19 minutes 35 seconds
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Completion Date:September 14, 2016
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Production Budget:8,000 CHF
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Country of Origin:Switzerland
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Country of Filming:Switzerland
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Language:Italian
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Born in Bellinzona (CH) in 1994, he has a passion since childhood of arts, mostly music, theater and cinema. At 13 he joined the "Associazione Cine - Video Dilettanti ( ABCD ) " in which he holds the role of responsible of the communications since 2012. The knowledge taken thank to the association, supplemented by the personal knowledge and passion, have allowed him to make short films worthy of merit: " La Giacca Grigia " (2010) won the gold medal at the regional festival SwissMovie . " Il Natale di Ughetto e Pandora " (2012), winner of the silver medal at the regional festival SwissMovie . "Il Tempo di un Abbraccio" (2015 ) won the " Director " prize at the regional festival SwissMovie, and the national prime "SwissMovie Star" for "Drama" category. The short film was then selected to represent Switzerland at the "World Movie Contest UNICA 2016", held in Romania .
Currently he is studying Civil Engineering at SUPSI (Lugano) .
"The Hyena, the Owl and the Bull" is born from a screenplay write by Lorenzo Fedon, who has write this story based on the film "Rashomon" (1950) direct by Akira Kurosawa. The inspiration taken from the work is not much about the topics discussed, but of the formal idea of the film. A story, seemingly simple, but told through different perspectives. In our case, something happens in a dark bar in a dark evening like others, that will profoundly change the climate of the local. So is a task of those present that night, have to tell the police what happened, but valuing their version of events.
Link of the whole story are the cards. The playing cards are present in the first scene and also in the whole film graphics. The cards, depicting the three animals, representing a similarity with the people. Each of us tell his story, his own life, that does not always reflect what really do transpire outside. People often look only the appearance, the prejudices, judging us for our first appearance, just like we are the image of a playing card. But the value of a card is quite different from the image that shows. In fact, it can vary from game to game and even if well played, a card which appear useless, can be decisive. Even so it is with people. We do not know the state of mind of a man and what he think, for that reason we can't judge, and you should always respect his wishes, although he wants to tell us his story or not.