Io non ho pauraI’m not scared

Presented by Jasna Čampara

Director

• Gabriele Salvatores- Marrakech express (1989) - Mediterraneo (1991)- Sud (1993)

General Information

• Release Information• Genre

english trailer / italian trailer• Awards

- David di Donatello Awards

- Flaiano Film Festival- Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

• Synopsis

Io non ho paura

• The book- Niccolò Ammaniti- Ammaniti wrote screenplay for the film- Inspiration:

Ammaniti has said his inspiration was a road trip he took to Puglia in the late 1990s:

“… I liked the idea of the countryside in the summer ... a place that, in the imagination of a child ... might be populated by monsters both real and imaginary.”

Geography and History

• Setting- climate- Acqua Traverse

• anni di piombo /Years of Lead, film set in 1978

Main Characters

• Michele Amitrano- played by Guiseppe Cristiano- protagonist- physical description- psychological description

Main Characters

• Filippo Carducci- played by Mattia Di Pierro- another main character- physical description- psychological description

Symbolism

• Michele x Filippo (serve as contrasts)- Michele represents the outside world, life. Represented by vivid colors, eagle- Filippo represents the dark hole, death, purgatory. Represented by raccoon.

Themes- end of childhood- morality, parents

Salvatores: “When you begin to understand that other people—maybe even including your parents—aren’t only good or bad, but can be good and bad at the same time, but you love them anyway—at that point, you’re an adult.”- desire to escape reality

Criticism

• Bad“The more we learn what's really going on, the less tantalizing the mystery itself becomes. This said, it's hard to find a current release that so effectively teases the mind and emotions.” – David Steritt, The Christian Science Monitor

- movie is slow paced but…• Good

- cinematography“A stirring and beautifully made poetic thriller” – David Denby, The New Yorker

Criticism• Good

- acting“Hollywood movies give us children who are miniature adults, secret agents like Cody Banks and the Spy Kids, who control technology and save the world. "I'm Not Scared" is a reminder of true childhood, of its fears and speculations, of the way a conversation can be overheard but not understood, of the way that the shape of the adult world forms slowly through the mist.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

- Interpretation“A stunning interpretation of the book by the same name.” – Wendell Rickets

Sources- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326977/- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_Salvatores- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Years_of_Lead_%28Italy%29- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_Not_Scared- http://www.virtualitalia.com/videos/salvatores_paura.shtml- http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/

20040423/REVIEWS/404230304/1023

- http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/im_not_scared_salvatores- http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0409/p15s01-almo.html