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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTEI (IL VANGELO SECONDO MATTEI)
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Completed - ITALIAN - Black comedy, Environmental, Social issues - 78 minutes

Log Line

A cynical film director and his assistant seek revenge from failure remaking the famous movie by Pasolini but focusing on the disasters caused by oil extractions in their wasteland of Basilicata, in the south of Italy.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2017 (Debut)
  • AFM 2017 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2018 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2018 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Antonio ANDRISANI, Pascal ZULLINO
Writer(s) : Antonio ANDRISANI, Peppino DE FLORIO
Cast : Flavio BUCCI, Andrea OSVART, Mimmo CALOPRESTI

Producer(s) : Daniela GIORDANO (Brigata Germi)

Synopsis

A cynical film director and his assistant back in Basilicata, their homeland, in search of redemption. When they reach the age of 50 and realize they have failed in their artistic ambitions they decide to ride dissent on oil extraction for putting on a rickety investigative film titled "The Gospel According to Mattei" and that interweave with Pier Paolo Pasolini life, author of the unfinished 'Oil' and the cinematic masterpiece novel 'The Gospel According to Matthew' filmed in Basilicata in 1964. The two, driven by reasons of marketing rather than aesthetic, choosing to cast as lead in their film an old man from Matera, Franco, who is seventy, and as a kid, in fact, took part as an extra in the film by Pasolini. For the elder Franco, who will perform nothing less than in the role of Jesus, this is the long-awaited chance of redemption. But the hot topic treated by their films, which is the oil and relationship with the land, is starting to bother someone.

Production

Country(ies) : ITALY

Festivals and Awards

Russia-Italia Film Festival 2016 (Work in Progress - Best Independent Comedy)
Italian Film Festival Cardiff 2017
Salerno International Film Festival 2017
River Film Festival 2017 (Special Mention)
Sugar Land Film Festival 2017 (Audience Award)


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