The man who measures the World
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2021
Cast & Crew
Luigi Mezzanotte as Mistress, Barnabas, K., Bürgel
Irene Gianeselli
screenplay and direction
Giose Brescia
Director of Photography
Sara Porfido
Editor
Godwatt
Music
Cris
(Cristiana Berardini)
Illustrator
Synopsis
K., the land surveyor, the man who measures the World, relives the nightmare and the dream, the obsession of full life and the ambition of a dignified death always denied in the non-linear plot of rules, laws and social obligations. Inspired by Franz Kafka's “Das Schloß” (1926) this adaptation chooses four archetypal characters to show in action: Mistress, Barnabas and Bürgel in addition to the protagonist K. who absorbs and impersonates them by shifting the limit of his identity in an increasingly challenging game. Klamm - who represents the illusion of being able to reach the power - and the beautiful Frieda - who’s the pure and vain love - are only evoked by the passion and frustrated ambitions of the protagonist. Luigi Mezzanotte acts the bewilderment of humanity that faces the World and History. The same humanity is condemned to eternal repetition and to the “eternal return” of its defeat in a mysterious and ancestral space which is seductive and full of promises for an eternal golden and inaccessible summer.
Director's statement
K. chases himself, he hovers and he is part of the stones. He nourishes his solitude evoking encounters, clashes and voices. He spies from the lock on the power room and he is excluded from it. Someone else decides for him, for his love, passion, and vocation. All his effort is in the documents. The despair, frustration and at the same time the deep vital exuberance of the character are redeemed, paradoxically, precisely in the condemnation itself: K. is always ready to start all over again, he is waiting for us out of the dream to remake the nightmare and the awakening together.
Awards and Nominations
Official Selection Berlin Indie Film Festival 2022
Semi-Finalist Prague International Indie Film Festival 2021
Official Selection Toronto International Women Film Festival 2021
Winner - Best Short Film; Outstanding Achievement Beyond the Curve International Film Festival 2021
Official Selection New York Neorealism Film Awards 2021
Honoroble Mention Paris Film Awards 2021
​Official Selection Ostia International Film Festival 2021
Winner - Best Screenplay (Irene Gianeselli);
Nominee - Best Narrative Short Madrid Film Awards 2021
Semi-Finalist Sydney Indie Short Festival 2021
Official Selection Premio David di Donatello 2022
Semi-Finalist Vienna Indie Short Festival 2022
Finalist New York International Women Festival 2021
Finalist Vesuvius International Film Fest 2021​
Honorable Mention Best Young Director (Irene Gianeselli) Best Cinematography (Giose Brescia) GLIFF - Golden Lemur 2021
Finalist Swedish International Film Festival 2021
Winner Best Actor (Luigi Mezzanotte) Sipontum Arthouse International Film Festival 2021
Semi-Finalist South Italy International Film Festival 2022
Finalist Europa Film Festival 2022
Semi-finalist Festival del Cinema di Cefalù 2022
Official Selection Metropolis Film Festival 2022
Official Selection Falvaterra Film Festival 2022
Official Selection Marcello Italian Film Festival 2022
Official Selection Pompei Street Festival 2022
Selezione Fuori Bif&st 2023 Bari (BA)