The Lives Of Mecca
Switzerland / Italy, May 2016
FILM,
Documentary,
53 min.
- directed by
- Stefano Etter
- Written by
- Stefano Etter
- Status
- In distribution
Each of us fights a hard battle every day. Handballers sublimate their personal dramas at the Mecca of Coney Island. As in any discipline, here, too, there are “living legends”: Tom Vitale, Patrick Adams and “Crazy” Johnny are three of them. The shining example of redemption and liberation from lives that seemed cursed from the start. And men who unknowingly reopened a wound in the director's personal life, making him doubt certain difficult stances he had taken. This is the story of the Mecca's players, of their remedy for the ills of daily life, through the sport and through their community.
credits
- World Premiere
- May 2016
- Original Version
- English (italian subtitles), colour, DCP, 53 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-160F-0000-9-0000-0000-A
- Production
- Picfilm, CISA Conservatorio Internazionale di Scienze Audiovisive, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
- Producer
- Nicola Genni, Domenico Lucchini
- directed by
- Stefano Etter
- Written by
- Stefano Etter
- Cinematography
- Mariangela Marletta
- Editing
- Amos Pellegrinelli
- Sound Editing
- Riccardo Studer
- Sound Design
- Riccardo Studer
- Re-Recording Mix
- Riccardo Studer
- Location Sound Mix
- Nik Bedo
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- CISA Conservatorio Internazionale , Picfilm
Worldwide Distribution
- Italy
-
Unafilm
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
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Leipzig, 59. DOK Leipzig - Internationales Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm
31.10.2016 - 06.11.2016