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GIFFONI EXPERIENCE 2012 - 14.24 July

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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

Category: Edition 2012

Synopsis
Eva puts her ambitions and career aside to give birth to Kevin. The relationship between mother and son is difficult from the very first years. Two days before his 16th birthday, Kevin commits a massacre at his school. Eva grapples with her own feelings of grief and responsibility by writing letters to her former husband and Kevin’s father, Franklin.


 

Sinossi
Eva ha accantonato ambizioni e carriera per dare alla luce Kevin. Fin dai primi anni però il rapporto tra madre e figlio è conflittuale. Due giorni prima del suo 16° compleanno, Kevin compie un massacro nella sua scuola. Eva cerca di affrontare il dolore e il senso di colpa scrivendo al suo ex marito, Franklin, il padre di Kevin.

 

Original Title We Need to Talk About Kevin
Italian Title …E ORA PARLIAMO DI KEVIN
Category Out of competition
Section Parental Control
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 112’
Production Year 2011
Nationality United Kingdom, USA
Directed by Lynne Ramsay
Produced by Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno

 

we-need-REGLynne Ramsay
Born 1969, Glasgow. She studied photography at Napier University in Edinburgh and then attended the National Film and TV School specialising in cinematography and directing. Her graduation short, SMALL DEATHS (1996), won the Jury Prize at Cannes. Later she directed other two shorts, KILL THE DAY (1996), and GASMAN (1998), which won another Cannes Jury Prize in 1998. Her debut feature, RATCATCHER (1999), was screened in the “Un Certain Regard” section at Cannes 1999, and was followed by MORVERN CALLAR (2002). WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN was screened in competition at Cannes 2011.


 

Lynne Ramsay
Nata a Glasgow nel 1969. Studia fotografia all’Università Napier di Edimburgo. Si specializza in fotografia e regia alla National Film and TV School. Il suo corto di fine corso, SMALL DEATHS (1996), vince il Premio della Giuria a Cannes. Dopo altri due corti (KILL THE DAY, e GASMAN, che vince un altro Premio della Giuria a Cannes nel 1998), debutta nel lungometraggio con RATCATCHER (1999, presentato a Cannes 1999 nella sezione “Un Certain Regard”), cui segue MORVERN CALLAR (2002). …E ORA PARLIAMO DI KEVIN è stato presentato in concorso a Cannes 2011.


produzione/production
Independent Film Company
distribuzione italiana/italian distribution
Bolero Film