LES ENFANTS DE CAIN

by Keti Stamo

France, Albania, Italy, 2021, 68', color

Screenplay: Keti Stamo

THURSDAY 09 SEPTEMBER 2021

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BOOK

THE SONS OF CAIN

cinematography
Stefano Usberghi
editing
Paola Freddi
Camille Lotteau
Mattia Levi

music
Nicolas Mollard
sound
Endri Pine
Thomas Fourel

producer
François Margolin
production
Margo Cinema
with Rai Cinema
co-producers
Amantia Peza
Ermir Keta
Carla Altieri
Roberto De Paolis
co-productions
Anima Pictures
Young Films

with the support of
MIC
QKK - Centro Nazionale Albanese della Cinematografia
under the patronage of
Amnesty International Italia

contact
Young Films
carla@youngfilms.eu
www.youngfilms.eu

italian press office
Gabriele Barcaro
press@gabrielebarcaro.it

The Sons of Cain is set in a small village in northern Albania. In this place time is suspended and the severe rules of an old code (Kanun) still dictate the life and death of the inhabitants. A group of seven children obliged to live under this code meet and discuss the story of Cain and Abel. Creating their own dream space, partially consciously and partially not, they create an analogy between their own stories and Bible stories. Stuck on the fine line between reality and forgetfulness, this is one of the few chances they have to come to grips with their traumas and emotions.

Les enfants de cain

Filmography

2021 Les enfants de Cain

"The Sons of Cain is an intentionally non-narrative film based on the pre-grammatical structure of the dream. It brings a different angle to an old Albanian social issue. It treats a serious theme from the prospective of women and children, by using their dreams as the main language of communication and building a nostalgic dreamy mood in terms of a visual message. By treating the characters not as victims but as creative human beings, The Sons of Cain opens a window onto rarely shown aspects of people's emotional journeys." [Keti Stamo]

Keti Stamo (1982) is a screenwriter and filmmaker who was born in Albania and raised in Italy and Switzerland. After receiving a BA in psychology and an MA in criminology, she studied the relations between psychology and cinema. She went on to collaborate with several NGOs, promoting education through the arts. At the behest of Amnesty International, she created dream workshops in Greece's refugee camps. Together with the actor Ashraf Barhom, she worked in different aspect of migration by pinpointing psychodrama techniques to use with groups of Syrian children stuck in the camps. The Sons of Cain is her first feature film. Currently, she is making her second feature film, "Rising".