Salty Air (L’Aria Salata)
Alessandro Angelini
   

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     A young prison officer has the task of deciding whether inmates are allowed temporary release from jail, due to particular personal circumstances. In the course of one such assessment, the young man is shocked to discover that the inmate he is interviewing is apparently his long lost father. The father is a gangster who is imprisoned for murder and the prison officer is torn by mixed emotions as to whether to reveal the truth and try to build some form of new relationship with his missing parent. Although there are undoubtedly some prison genre crime movie elements to L'aria salata, this is not in any sense a clichéd thriller, rather a subtly nuanced, confidently realised and superbly performed drama about father and son relationships in extreme circumstances. So, when the prison officer makes the decision, against the wishes of the rest of the family, to engage with his father, the results are by turns rewarding, frustrating and emotionally challenging. A small but perfectly moulded story that marks a confident debut for its director and a reward for those who discover it.

 
 

     
 
 

original title:

ARIA SALATA, L'

directed by:

Alessandro Angelini

cast:

Giorgio Pasotti, Michela Cescon, Katy Sounders, Giorgio Colangeli, Sergio Solli

screenplay:

Alessandro Angelini , Angelo Carbone

cinematography:

Arnaldo Catinari

editing:

Massimo Fiocchi

set design:

Alessandro Marrazzo

costume design:

Daniela Ciancio

music:

Luca Tozzi

producer:

Donatella Botti

production:

Bianca Film, Rai Cinema

distributor:

01 DISTRIBUTION

world sales:

PYRAMIDE INTERNATIONAL

country:

Italy

year:

2006

film run:

87'

format:

35mm - colour

sound:

Dolby SRD

release date:

05/01/2007

festival & awards:

TOKYO ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2008

URUGUAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008: The Best Of Youth

BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2007: Spirit Award Narrative Feature

CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2007: Continental Airlines World Tour

DAVID DI DONATELLO 2007: Best Producer (Donatella Botti), Best Supporting Actor (Giorgio Colangeli)

FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DEL NUEVO CINE LATINOAMERICANO 2007: Italians Film

FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2007: International Program

GLOBI D'ORO 2007: Best Upcoming Director

GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL 2007: First Cut

INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL 2007: No Way Out

JEONJU INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2007: Indie Vision Competition

KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2007: Focus on New Italian Directors

LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL 2007: International Showcase

MITTELCINEMAFEST 2007

NATFILM FESTIVALEN 2007: Italien

NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS 2007

NEW ZELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2007: 39th Auckland Int. Fest: World of Difference

NICE 2007

PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2007: John Schlesinger Award, New Voices/New Visions

PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2007

SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2007: Contemporary World Cinema

SEMANA DEL CINE ITALIANO: "THE BEST OF YOUTH" 2007: Panorama

SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2007: Panorama

ROME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006: Best Actor (Giorgio Colangeli)

THE TIMES BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2006: Cinema Europa