SIDE BY SIDE: BELONGING, IDENTITY, PREJUDICE
SEYDOU, IL SOGNO NON HA COLORE
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This is the story of Seydou Sarr, who, in one remarkable year, went from Senegal to Italy, his dreams of soccer stardom morphing into fame of another kind, as an actor in Io Capitano by Matteo Garrone. He tells the story himself for the first time, in Seydou, il sogno non ha colore by Simone Aleandri, premiering on September 2nd.
Seydou, il sogno non ha colore
An intimate account of Seydou’s life as well as his recent encounters with some of Italy’s top soccer players, the documentary explores key themes such as identity, belonging, and, above all, the fight to eliminate racial prejudice on soccer fields, unfortunately still an aspect of discrimination today, even in Italy’s major league.
Italy, 2024, 60′, color
written and directed
Simone Aleandri
cinematography
Stefano Petti
editing
Federico Barassi
with
Seydou Sarr
Amath Diallo
Moustapha Fall
Fatou Sokhna
Arnaud Zohin
Federico Coppitelli
producer
Gianluca Cannizzo
production
Wonder Project
with
Rai Cinema
in collaboration with
Lega Serie A
Simone Aleandri made his filmmaking debut in 2011, with the documentary Antonio+Silvana=2, screened at the Rome Film Fest. He was back at the RFF in 2018, with his As time goes by – L’uomo che disegnava sogni. In 2020, his film Polvere was selected for the Venice Film Festival. The following year he directed his first feature, La notte più lunga dell’anno, selected for the Torino Film Festival.
