Philosophical Speculations on the Pursuit of Pleasure
Italy, 2006Comedy10'Language: Italian (with English subtitles)
Original titleSpeculazioni filosofiche intorno al piacere
Directed byFrancesco Uboldi
ScriptMarcel Fraseric
CinematographyFrancesco Uboldi
EditingRiccardo Banfi
Original music and soundMaurizio Pini
Voice-overFrancesca Paganini
CastNicola Arvedi, Sathya Zaini, Nice Fariselli,
Francesco Massini, Federico Puorro, Gabriele Bergonzi, Ilyas Asif
Synopsis
A young couple and a birthday to celebrate. The two lovers go searching for some intimacy, but gradually they realize that the pursuit of pleasure may follow very winding roads.
Production notes
Instant movie made for the 2006 Location Piacenza Film Festival. One theme (pleasure) and very little time, for a fun couple of days at breakneck speed. Ten minutes cut and set to music at Nicola Arvedi's, the leading actor, between the kitchen and the living room.
Awards
Winner of the:
- Second Prize at the 2007 Gaffers' Global Art Film Festival (Hollywood, USA)
- TeleLibertà Award at the 2006 Location Piacenza Film Festival (Piacenza, Italy)
Selected for competition at:
- Net Independent Film Festival 2007 (Rome, Italy)
- Fiaticorti Short Film Festival 2007 (Treviso, Italy)
- Villammare Film Festival 2007 (Salerno, Italy)
- TaglioKorto Videofest 2007 (Urbino, Italy)
- Beinette Film Festival 2007 (Cuneo, Italy)
- Young Frames - International Short Film Festival 2007 (Sondrio, Italy)
- Amori in Corto - International Short Film Festival 2007 (Terni, Italy)
- Per un pugno di corti 2006 (Frosinone, Italy)
- Dalla parte del corto 2006 (Salerno, Italy)
Screened out of competition at:
- Italy's Young Talent 2009 (Madison, USA)
- New Italian Comedies Showcase 2009 (Hanover, USA)
- Annual Asian-European Short Film Showcase 2007 (Washington, USA)
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