WELCOME VENICE

by Andrea Segre

Italy, 2021, 100', color

Screenplay: Andrea Segre, Marco Pettenello

WEDNESDAY 01 SEPTEMBER 2021

21:30 Sala Laguna Public, free entrance V.O. ITA/VENEZIANO sub ENG
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com

cinematography
Matteo Calore
editing
Chiara Russo
sound
Candido Raini
Matteo Carnesecchi
Marco Zambrano
production design
Leonardo Scarpa
costumes
Marianna Peruzzo

cast
Paolo Pierobon
Andrea Pennacchi
Ottavia Piccolo
Roberto Citran
Sara Lazzaro
Giuliana Musso
Anna Bellato
Sandra Toffolatti

producer
Francesco Bonsembiante
production
Jolefilm
with Rai Cinema
associated producers
Marta Donzelli
Gregorio Paonessa
in association with
Vivo Film

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Pietro and Alvise come from a long line of fishing families from Giudecca, Venice's most 'working-class' island. But they don't see eye to eye on the seemingly unstoppable transformation of the lives of the Venetians and the city's very identity. Indeed, the far-reaching impact of global tourism has changed the relationship between Venice and its residents, and the pandemic has only thrown this critical situation into relief. Pietro would just like to keep fishing the typical crabs found in the Lagoon, lonely as that lifestyle is, while Alvise believes their home on the Giudecca itself is the ticket to joining the elite managing the city's real estate assets, hence running Venice. This clash of views will involve the entire family, in an ensemble film about how our world is changing.

Welcome Venice

Filmography

2021 Welcome Venice

2020 Molecole (doc)

2019 Il pianeta in mare (doc)

2017 L'ordine delle cose

2017 Ibi (doc)

2015 I sogni del lago salato (doc)

2014 Come il peso dell'acqua (doc)

2013 La prima neve

2013 Indebito (doc)

2012 Mare chiuso (doc)

2011 Io sono Li

2010 Il sangue verde (doc)

2009 Magari le cose cambiano (doc)

2008 Come un uomo sulla Terra (doc)

2007 La mal'ombra (doc)

2006 Checosamanca (doc)

2004 Dio era un musicista (doc)

2003 Marghera canale nord (doc)

"Welcome Venice delves into the streets and the waterways of Venice - a Venice that feels itself disappearing; that doesn't know where it's going, but still has the strength to endure and to speak to the world, and to itself. It's a city that risks being destroyed by its own fame and beauty; a poster child for global warming and urgent measures that touch us all; a city that needs life, residents, and spaces, such as a movie theater refurbished and returned to the city itself." [Andrea Segre]

Andrea Segre (Dolo, Venezia, 1976) has directed three narrative features, all of which have premiered at the Venice Film Festival: Shun Li and the Poet (Giornate degli Autori), First Snowfall and The Order of Things. He has also made numerous documentaries, including Come un uomo sulla Terra, Il sangue verde, Mare chiuso, Indebito, I sogni del lago salato, and Il pianeta in mare. He is a founding member of ZaLab, a production and distribution workshop and a center for socio-cultural action.