2021 | Color | 72:00 The director, Fabrizio Maltese, a photographer and filmmaker who lives in Luxembourg, returns to his family in Italy after his father has suffered a heart attack. It’s the beginning of the pandemic and the country is in lockdown. An intimate diary and an ode to filial love in the face of the most trying circumstances a son can face. A tale of the soul and personal hardship in the context of a broader collective tragedy. Country: Luxemburgo Direction: Maltese; Fabrizio Script: Roelants; Stephan, Maltese; Fabrizio Production: Roelants; Stephan, Maltese; Fabrizio Photography: Maltese; Fabrizio Sound: Vidal; Manuel Music: Sevindik; Emre Participation year at FICM: 2021
2021 | Color | 72:00 The director, Fabrizio Maltese, a photographer and filmmaker who lives in Luxembourg, returns to his family in Italy after his father has suffered a heart attack. It’s the beginning of the pandemic and the country is in lockdown. An intimate diary and an ode to filial love in the face of the most trying circumstances a son can face. A tale of the soul and personal hardship in the context of a broader collective tragedy. Country: Luxemburgo Direction: Maltese; Fabrizio Script: Roelants; Stephan, Maltese; Fabrizio Production: Roelants; Stephan, Maltese; Fabrizio Photography: Maltese; Fabrizio Sound: Vidal; Manuel Music: Sevindik; Emre Participation year at FICM: 2021
The Invitation The desert is calling—yet Fabrizio Maltese’s journey begins with the ocean. When he accepts Mauritian director Abderrahmane Sissako’s invitation to continue the film that he and the late Pol Cruchten had initiated together, the project takes on a new symbolic dimension. But as Fabrizio travels solo to meet with the director, fate has other plans. See More
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