Coatti
Made with minimal means with a few rolls of black and white film they managed to scrape together, this is a thoroughly unconventional film that defies traditional narrative structures, spectacularly revealing the director's true vision.
Stavros and Charlotte - i.e. the director and his partner in life and art, Charlotte van Gelder - are wandering the streets of a burdensome reality like immigrants, tracing the world around them through friendships, journeys and political quests.
Made with minimal means with a few rolls of black and white film they managed to scrape together, this is a thoroughly unconventional film that defies traditional narrative structures, spectacularly revealing the director's true vision: a primordial cinema full of imagery that comes out of nowhere and communicates freely, like a small wonder.
A large slice of the international film critic community - including Frenchman Louis Skorecki who described the film as a comet - will adore "Coatti" and continue to support Tornes' lonely path until the end. K.S.
Σκηνοθεσία / Director
Stavros Tornes
Σενάριο / Screenwriters
Stavros Tornes, Charlotte Van Gelder
Φωτογραφία / DoP
Ezio Bellani, Ricci Αlbanese
Μουσική / Music
Charlotte Van Gelder
Μοντάζ / Editors
Marcos Spinello, Stavros Tornes Charlotte Van Gelder
Ηθοποιοί / Principal Cast
Stavros Tornes, Charlotte Van Gelder
Pierre Luigi Abner, Pipo Caponera Fabrizio Carbone, Roberto de Angelis
Ιταλία / Italy
1977
Ασπρόμαυρο, Εγχρωμο / B&W, Color
16 mm
76'
Ιταλικά / Italian