Spettacolo
By: an Open Face production ; directed and produced by Jeff Malmberg & Chris Shellen
Contributors: Open Face (Firm); Grasshopper Film (Firm)
Published: 2017
Language: ita
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 91
Subjects: Social life and customs; Theater; Teatro povero (Theater group : Monticchiello, Italy); Biography
Other titles: Spettacolo (Motion picture)
Description: "Once upon a time, villagers in a tiny hill town in Tuscany came up with a remarkable way to confront their issues: they turned their lives into a play. Every summer, their piazza became their stage and residents of all ages played a part - the role of themselves. Monticchiello's annual tradition has attracted worldwide attention and kept the town together for 50 years, but with an aging population and a future generation more interested in Facebook than farming, the town's 50th-anniversary performance just might be its last. Spettacolo tells the story of Teatro Povero di Monticchiello, interweaving episodes from its past with its modern-day process as the villagers turn a series of devastating blows into a new play about the end of their world"--Container.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.

Wide screen (1.77).

Special features: amleto (2017) a short film directed by Jeff Malmberg; Andrea Cresti's reaction to Spettacolo; Andrea painting; the play; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer.

Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.

Producer, Matt Radecki ; photography, film editing, Jeff Malmberg ; music, Lele Marchitelli.

Rating: Not rated.

DVD, wide screen (1.77).

Dialogue in Italian, with subtitles in English. Credits in English.