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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2008 - 18.26 July

Sections & Films

BENIGNO

Category: Edition 2008

Synopsis

Palermo in the Seventies. Francesco is eight years old and he is the twelfth of thirteen brothers. When his mother dies of a cancer, his life radically changes.

Original Title BENIGNO
Italian Title BENIGNO
Category Official Competition
Section Troubled Gaze
Tipology Short Film
Duration 24'
Production Year 2008
Nationality Italy
Directed by Francesco Benigno
Screenplay Francesco Benigno, Furio Giurato
Script Francesco Benigno, Furio Giurato
Director of photography Brasco Giurato
Editor Ugo De Rossi
Production Design Massimo Di Carlo
Costume Design Sonia Zampetti
Sound Shopin Lo Jacono
Music M. Marco Falagiani
Main cast Manuel Benigno
Alfredo Li Bassi
Aurora Quattrocchi
Francesco Benigno
Cettina Benigno

benigno regFrancesco Benigno

He was born in Palermo. His career began with his touching and strong role of a troubled young man in MERY PER SEMPRE by Marco Risi. In the following years he worked as actor for cinema and television. BENIGNO is his first short film as director and tells about his own difficult childhood.

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