BABYLON SISTERS
by Gigi Roccati
synopsis
Kamla and her parents have just moved in a rundown building on the outskirts of Trieste together with other immigrant families and an old grumpy retired school teacher, determined not to leave his home, when an eviction notice falls on all the residents. While the men react in anger to the landlord‘s threats, the women strive to cooperate and save the destiny of their families through tears, laughs and misunderstandings. In this un-settling situation, little Kamla and professor Leone will become friends against the will of her father, while her mother Shanti will soon reveal a gift, dancing like a Bollywood star. Thanks to a friendly social worker, they come up with the idea of a dance school. The neighborhood will soon be talking about the Babylon Sisters.
international title: | Babylon Sisters |
original title: | Babylon Sisters |
country: | Italy, Croatia |
sales agent: | TVCO |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Gigi Roccati |
film run: | 85' |
screenplay: | Gigi Roccati, Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, Andrea Iannetta |
cast: | Renato Carpentieri, Nives Ivankovic, Lucia Mascino, Peppe Voltarelli, Amber Dutta, Rahul Dutta, Nav Ghotra, Yasemin Sannino, Xia Yinghong, Jiemin Wen, Lorenzo Acquaviva |
cinematography by: | Michele Paradisi |
film editing: | Annalisa Forgione, Giuseppe Leonetti |
art director: | Anton Spazzapan |
costumes designer: | Duška Nešić Dragić |
music: | Peppe Voltarelli |
producer: | Gino Pennacchi, Sarah Pennacchi |
production: | Tico Film Company |
backing: | MiBACT, Antitalent, Banca Generali, Nuovo Imaie, Media Programme, Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission |