It’s July 17th, 1994. Today, Italy plays against Brazil in the World Cup finals. In the desolated settings of a small, sun-burnt village on the Southern coast of Italy, a group of boys and girls goes about their everyday adventures. For one of them, Martino, this will be the last day in their company, because his family is about to leave the village to move to the North of the country. For him, this is going to be the last day of childhood, the last one of his innocence as well as the last one of his summer. Martino is with Alice and Fabio. This summer their games on the beach have had a different taste, permeated by a new sense of mischief. Their bodies have started feeling the pressures of growing up. The whole summer was not enough for Martino to confess his feelings to Alice, and Fabio’s behavior has made things even more complicated. In the heat of this last afternoon, Martino must shoot his very own penalty.
Data sheet:
LOST SUMMER (NON GIOCO PIÙ)
short film – 13′ – 2K – stereo – 2016
written and directed by: Sebastiano Luca Insinga
produced by: Gianpaolo Smiraglia, Luigi Pepe e Simone Cargnoni (Jump Cut)
director of photography: Leone Orfeo
editing: Gabriele Borghi
sound: Dominic Rogan
scenography by: Nicola Ciuffo
sound designer: Philippe Gozlan
sponsored by: DG Cinema del MIBACT, Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale (FESR) e Regione Basilicata e
Trentino Film Commission
selected at: European Short Pitch 2013
Cast:
Martino: Pasquale De Giacomo
Fabio: Rocco Angelo Agatiello
Alice: Alice Verrastro
Francesca: Marika Bloise
Giuseppe: Graziano Arcuri
Marilisa: Federica Bonavoglia
Rubik: Pasquale Macchia
Antonio: Vincenzo Navarro
Elena: Ornella Senesi
Festivals:
Giffoni Film Festival 2017
Le Giornate del Cinema Lucano – Premio Internazionale Maratea 2017
Lucania Film Festival 2017
Corti in Cantina 2017
Matera Sport Film Festival 2017
Adana Film Festival 2017
Vesevo Film Festival 2018