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IACOPO zANON ITALy
SIx THIRTy ON A SUMMER EvENING
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Intention
I began thinking about this story while I was filming
Sono Qui (They’re Here). The film revolved around
Italian language schools for immigrants in my city,
Rome. In the span of one month, moving from location
to location where immigrants could receive shelter
and food, the crew and I filmed hundreds of immigrant
faces.
Although each one had its own innate peculiarities,
every face had something in common with the others:
a gleam in their eyes that was so alive, so full of light.
That gleam was the testament to their strength and a
fierce determination, so rarely found in human beings,
to live life completely. I began asking myself when I
had last seen that in the eyes of one of my Italian compatriots.
Two films immediately came to mind: Paisa
by Roberto Rossellini, and The Bicycle Thief by Vittorio
De Sica (both filmed at the end of the 40s).
I began to elaborate a story taking place in Rome, in
which an immigrant woman attempts to restore in her
ex-boyfriend, who is Italian, that same strength and
dignity. The means the woman uses is the son they
had before breaking up. She hopes that by putting the
most precious thing she has on the line she will save
the man from self-destruction. Ultimately she hopes
he will regain a state of being based on respect for
himself as well as others. All this is: Six thirty on a
summer evening.
Synopsis
Shikha is a young Bengalese woman living in Rome.
She decides to let Emiliano, her ex-boyfriend and father
of her one-year-old child, take care of their son
for the day.
The encounter between the young man and his child,
who up until now have been strangers to one another,
becomes an opportunity for Emiliano to overcome his
self-destructive habits made up of unhappiness and
alcohol.
It is an opportunity for him to create a relationship with
his son.
PRODUCTION FACTS
Estimated Budget: 45.000 €
Pin Up Filmaking s.r.l.
Giorgio J.J. Bartolomucci
Locations needed: Bar / Tram / Emiliano’s
home / Public park / Shikha’s home / Notturno
club / Train station
Most key positions already in place.
“A child. A drunk
father. One day to
get to know each
other.”
Director Biography
Iacopo Zanon was born in Rome in 1979.
After graduating from a high school specialised
in the classical arts, he enrolled
at Sapienza University majoring in Literature
and Cinema. While completing
his degree he worked for three years on
various movies as an assistant director to
Mimmo Calopresti, Francesca Archibugi
and Nanni Moretti.
During these years he also shot and completed
production on two small documentaries
and a short. He graduated from Sapienza
University with a thesis on Marco
Belloccio’s film Buongiorno Notte. He then
moved on to direct several short films. He
is currently working on two music videos
for the band Mamavegas.
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