VENTO DI TERRA 

Original Title

Vento di terra

Director

Vincenzo Marra

Genre

Drama

Country of origin

Italy

Language spoken

Italian

Year of production

2004

Production

R&C Produzioni

Domestic Distribution/World Sales

Mikado (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)/Films Distribution

Domestic Release

7 September 2004 (Venice Film Festival)
17 September 2004

Festiva & Awards

BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA 2005: Consagrados

CANNES 2005: Special Presentation: Semaine de la Critique

CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2005: World Cinema

FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2005: Vento d'Italia

GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL 2005: Section: family life

HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2005: Global Vision

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF GUADALAJARA 2005: Section: Puntos Cardinales

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM 2005: Cinema of the World

LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL 2005: International Showcase

MAR DEL PLATA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2005: Section: Punto de Vista

NATFILM FESTIVAL 2005: Panorama

PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2005: Section: World

PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2005: World Focus

PREMIO SAINT-VINCENT PER IL CINEMA ITALIANO - GROLLE D'ORO 2005: Golden Grolle for the Italian film that was most present in all of the International festivals (Ex Aequo)

SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2005: Contemporary World Cinema

THE EUROPEAN FIRST FILM FESTIVAL OF ANGERS 2005: In Competition

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2005: Showcase

URUGUAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2005: In Competition

FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DEL NUEVO CINE LATINOAMERICANO 2004: Muestra de Cine Italiano

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL BRATISLAVA 2004: In Competition

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF GIJON 2004: Best Feature Film

INTERNATIONAL THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL 2004: International Competition

LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2004: Venice Horizons Prize: Mention

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2004: Discovery

VIENNALE 2004: Panorama

 

 

List of European Distributors

Release Date

Countries

Distributor

22 November 2004

Greece (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)

 

26 January 2005

France (Angers Film Festival)

 

27 January 2005

Netherlands (International Film Festival Rotterdam)

 

31 January 2005

Sweden (Gothenburg Film Festival)

 

4 February 2005

France (Rencontres Cinéma de Manosque

 

15 April 2005

Austria

Stadtkino Verleih (2005) (Austria) (theatrical)

 

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Enzo lives with his family in Secondigliano, a poor suburb of Naples. His father’s sudden death leaves the boy with the difficult task of caring for his mother and sister and Enzo soon finds his path crossed by a series of circumstances and events that continually put his integrity to the test. However his determination and courage finally prevail and his family regains the dignity it had seemingly lost for good.