Clown – SHORT FILM

director Vincenzo Caricari
production Obiettivi Creativi, Scuola Cinematografica della Calabria
cinematography Nazareno Migliaccio Spina
executive producer Lele Nucera
camera Vincenzo Caricari, Demetrio Neri
original score Carlo Frascà
costume designer Paola D’Orsa
sound Simone Casile
editor Martino Scordenne
colorist Demetrio Caracciolo
first assistant director Marilena Futia
editorial secretary Fabiola Schirripa
production designer Miriam Lacopo
production designer assistant Vincenzo Muià
make up, hair stylist Ylenia Iacono
production manager Francesca Pasqualino

CAST:
Annalisa Giannotta – Gelsomina
Rinaldo Marzano – Zampanò
Francesco Origlia – man in black
Giuseppe Sgambellone – paraplegic
Maria Chiara Spatari – gypsy
Salvatore Galluzzo – pig
Fabiola Schirripa – woman in catalepsy

SYNOPSIS:
In an unspecified future, unidentified causes have led to the collapse of society.
The effect on people is a sort of catalepsy.
Two brothers wander among the ruins, dressed as clowns, dragging a shopping cart.
The goal is to reach the sea which, it seems, has healing effects.

BIOGRAPHY:
Lives in Calabria (Italy) and works as director of documentaries and short movies is concentrated on social themes. In 2009 he worked as assistant during the making of Wim Wenders movie “Il volo”, in Italy. In 2011 he won the first prize at Calabria Film Festival with the short “Il ladro”. In 2014 the short “Pietre” presented in the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival and Tripoli Film Festival in Lebanon. In 2016 the short “Rosa”, selected at the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival and at Encounters Short Film Festival in Bristol, one of the qualifying festivals for the Oscar. In 2020 he collaborated in the making of the film “Il buco” by Michelangelo Frammartino (Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival).