A small red-brick building stands out with its big neon light: ‘Bagni’ (‘Bath’). It’s the last public bath in Turin, a microcosm where the destinies of those who lack a bath at home here regularly come across each other for the time of a shower.
In this very space, both public and private, men and women, customers and keepers, old and young, Italians and foreigners, share their intimacy associated by their shared need of taking care of their personal hygiene.
In the bath of Bianzè Street life takes place in the form of shared secrets and unpredictable encounters turning into friendships; and yet in the form of conflicts due to poverty’s powerlessness turning into anger.
The ‘Bath people’ drive us through a place where the acts of sharing and listening lay the foundations of a new multi-colored community, consolation for the poor and potential start of their renaissance.
Data sheet:
BATH PEOPLE (GENTE DEI BAGNI)
documentary – 59′ – DCP e Blu ray – 2015
directors: Stefania Bona e Francesca Scalisi
director of photography: Stefania Bona
editing: Marzia Mete e Francesca Scalisi
sound recordist: Francesca Scalisi
sound designer: Stefano Bernardi
music: Matteo Castellano
produced by: Jump Cut, EiE Film e Don Quixote
with the support of: Trentino Film Commission, BLS – Business Location Südtirol Alto Adige, Piemonte Doc Film Fund & MEDIA Programme
Festivals:
29. Bozner Filmtage
63. Trento Film Festival – CinemAMoRe prize
XIV Rome Independent Film Festival – Best Italian documentary
Concorso Italia Doc 2015 Libero Bizzarri
18. Mediterraneo Video Festival – Jury prize
ViaEmiliaDocFest 2015 – Jury prize
VIII Festival del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli – Best Feature
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival 2015
39. Göteborg Film Festival
14. Festival de Cine Y Derechos Humanos Donostia/San Sebastian
23. L’Alternativa, Festival de Cine Independiente de Barcelona
International Human Rights Film Festival – This Human World 2016
15. RAI Film Festival 2017
Architektur.Film.Sommer 2017
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam 2017
Selected at:
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