Early ‘90s. In a northern Italian province, three young men decide to form a rock band. No, they are not going to do covers, thank you very much. They are going to write their own music, and it is going to be in Italian. The band starts sending dozens of demos all around Italy, playing at obscure village fairs and getting kicked out from music bars. They hear many no’s but they don’t give up, until one day they end up in the right place at the right moment, meeting a man who will change their story as well as the story of Italian rock music.
Those three young men will be known as Marlene Kuntz, and the result of that encounter is Catartica: the milestone of Italian indie-rock.
Twenty years after the release of Catartica, Marlene Kuntz bring on tour all the songs of that legendary album.
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documentary – 72′ – 2016
director & dop: Sebastiano Luca Insinga
script: Sebastiano Luca Insinga, Vita Selin
produced by: Luigi Pepe, Simone Cargnoni, Gianpaolo Smiraglia (Jump Cut); Franco Dipietro, Emanuela Barbano (Duel:)
editing: Sabino Parise and Andrea Andreotti
motion graphics: Enrico Varagnolo
sound recordists: Francesco Pea, Elisa Piria
sound design and mix: Philippe Gozlan
live mix: Gianluca “Lox” Losi
music: Marlene Kuntz
with the support of: Trentino Film Commission and Piemonte Doc Film Fund
italian distribution: Feltrinelli Real Cinema and Wanted – info@justwanted.it
The film has been successfully financed by a crowdfunding campaign hosted by Musicraiser.
Festivals:
56. Festival dei Popoli
Sound Screen Film Festival 2016
Ortigia Film Festival 2016
Selected at:
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