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Interview - Anna Franceschini
Casa Verdi (2008)
Italy
Director: Anna Franceschini
Presentation:
Can you have fun in a retirement home? It doesn't sound like the most exciting place on earth but some of its inhabitants live the time of their lives on it. Eurochannel has an all-access pass to a charming place in the heart of Milan where magic takes place in the form of amusing music… Welcome to Casa Verdi.
This introspective documentary goes deep into the happenings and happiness of a retirement home for artists in the verge of poverty. Musicians, dancers, singers, composers, they all gather around their art without the worries and pressure of day-to-day life.
Conceived as an exploration and observation of a rest house for old musicians in Milan, Casa Verdi offers a compiling film archive of the lives hidden in a monument in the center of city and a reflection on a social issue: how to treat elder people with few resources. The documentary is, according to director Anna Franceschini "an experiment on film language, an analysis of one of the most classic forms and way of moving the camera, the travelling."
Deeply poignant, Casa Verdi offers a behind the scenes to meet those forgotten Italian entertainers who still transmit a sparkling passion for life through art.
Synopsis:
In Milan, there is a one-of-a-kind place called Casa Verdi, a home for old musicians created and funded by Giuseppe Verdi in 1899, which will gathers and maintain people involved in the Musical Arts. Today, almost sixty people live in its frescoed rooms. Musicians, opera singers, classical ballerinas, orchestra directors dedicate themselves to their passion without the worries of daily life.
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