SIDE BY SIDE: THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
IL TEMPO È ANCORA NOSTRO
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A personal story that becomes that becomes a touchstone of the search for values in our era, at a time when success and individualism reign supreme. This is the story told in Il tempo è ancora nostro by Maurizio Matteo Merli, starring Mirko Frezza and Ascanio Pacelli, being screened on September 4th at a talk moderated by Arnaldo Colasanti.
Il tempo è ancora nostro
1989: Stefano lives in a housing project. His mother has died and he lives with his father, Costantino. His friend Tancredi is middle-class and has lost his father. The two kids dream of playing golf at the European Tour. 2022: Tancredi seems happy, but his frivolous existence is destroying his family. Stefano is still down and out. The desire to settle their scores with the past finds the two old friends on a golf course once more.
Italy, 2024, 102′, color
written and directed by
Maurizio Matteo Merli
cinematography
Cristian Valeri
editing
Daniele Massa
cast
Ascanio Pacelli
Mirko Frezza
Miguel Gobbo Diaz
Simone Sabani
Viktorie Ignoto
Andrea Roncato
producer
Maurizio Matteo Merli
productions
Father&Son
Aurumovie
Maurizio Matteo Merli was trained in theater under Antonio Racioppi. He then attended the Accademia d’Arte Drammatica Pietro Scharoff in Rome. In 2013 he stepped behind the camera for the first time, to direct the short film Fango bianco. The following year, he founded the production company Father and Son. Il tempo è ancora nostro is his first feature film.
