America
Synopsis
Claudio was born in Greece, raised in Venice, married to Taranto, and it was in New York that he was murdered after having pursued the American dream for twenty years. Giacomo Abbruzzese reconstructs his grandfather's story, immersing us in the New York of the 1960s, with Billy Joel's sounds and a gangster movie atmosphere.
Through the testimonies and memories of his relatives, on both sides of the ocean, we discover a mysterious, complex character, perpetually on the run. It is the portrait of a man that nobody ever really knew.
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- Executive Producers : La Luna Productions, Maje Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : La Luna Distribution, L'Agence du court métrage
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- Executive Producers : Sébastien Hussenot, Marie Savare De Laitre
- Screenwriter : Giacomo Abbruzzese
- Director of Photography : Giacomo Abbruzzese
- Music Composers : Alessandro Altavilla, Helen Papaioannou
- Editor : Giacomo Abbruzzese
- Sound Recordist : Giacomo Abbruzzese
- Sound editors : Ange Mucchielli, Olivier Touche
- Grader : Brice Auger
- Sound mixers : Régis Ramadour, N'Dembo Ziavoula
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Portrait, Drama
- Themes : Emigration, Family, History
- Production language : Italian, English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2021
- Runtime : 59 min 32 seconds
- Visa number : 154.238
- Visa issue date : 29/03/2021
- Production formats : HD - Scanned images
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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