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Italian film presents child's point of view of
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| Article Type: | Brief article |
| Subject: |
Children, Blind
(Influence) Children, Blind (Portrayals) Filmmakers (Works) |
| Pub Date: | 10/01/2010 |
| Publication: | Name: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind Audience: Academic Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Health Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2010 American Foundation for the Blind ISSN: 0145-482X |
| Issue: | Date: Oct, 2010 Source Volume: 104 Source Issue: 10 |
| Topic: | NamedWork: Rita (Motion picture); Rita (Motion picture) |
| Persons: | Named Person: Piazza, Antonio; Grassadonia, Fabio |
| Geographic: | Geographic Scope: United States Geographic Code: 1USA United States |
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| Accession Number: | 240487499 |
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The short film Rita, by first-time filmmakers Antonio Piazza and
Fabio Grassadonia, offers an up-close view of troubled 10-year-old Rita.
The title character is blind, and her world appears to be restricted to
what is immediately around her as the film attempts to present the
atmosphere as Rita experiences it. Mr. Piazza explained, "It's
enigmatic. You don't see a lot; you have to guess a lot from the
sound." The theme of blindness is close to both filmmakers: one
lost half the vision in an eye due to infection and the other has a
family member who is blind. The pair expect to continue exploring
blindness in their debut feature film, Salvo, which presents an odd
meeting between a Mafia killer and a blind woman. Rita has earned awards
at each festival that has screened it, including top prizes at Las
Palmas Film Festival in Spain and at the Bratislava International Film
Festival in the Slovak Republic. For more information, contact:
Cristaldi Pictures, Massimo Cristaldi, Via Parigi, 11, 00185 Roma,
Italy; phone: +39-064782-3432; e-mail:
JVIB invites readers to submit information for possible publication in a future edition of From the Field to Rebecca Burrichter, senior editor, JVIB, AFB Press, American Foundation for the Blind, 2 Penn Plaza, Suite 1102, New York, NY lO121; fax: 917-210-3979; e-mail: |
| Gale Copyright: | Copyright 2010 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. |
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