Lubo
Italy / Switzerland, September 2023
FILM,
Fiction,
175 min.
- directed by
- Giorgio Diritti
- Written by
- Giorgio Diritti, Fredo Valla
- Status
- In distribution
Lubo, a street artist of Yenish descent is drafted into the Swiss army in 1939 to protect the borders from the threat of a German invasion. Shortly thereafter, he learns that his wife has died trying to stop the gendarmes from taking away their three young children. They were taken from their family as part of the national “re-education” programme for Yenish children. Lubo will not rest until he has recovered his children and obtained justice for all those who share the same fate.
Lubo è un nomade, un artista di strada che nel 1939 viene chiamato nell’esercito elvetico a difendere i confini nazionali dal rischio di un’invasione tedesca. Poco tempo dopo scopre che sua moglie è morta nel tentativo di impedire ai gendarmi di prendere i loro tre figli piccoli, strappati alla famiglia in quanto Jenisch, come da programma di rieducazione nazionale per i bambini di strada (Hilfswerk fur Kinder der Landstrasse). Lubo sa che non avrà più pace fino a quando non avrà ritrovato i suoi figli e ottenuto giustizia per la sua storia e per quella di tutti i diversi come lui.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2023
- Original Version
- Italian, colour, DCP, 175 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-FBD5-0000-V-0000-0000-I
- Production
- Indiana Production, Aranciafilm, hugofilm features GmbH, RAI Cinema, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, SRG SSR
- Producer
- Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib, Marco Cohen, Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, Giorgio Diritti, Francesca Scorzoni, Christof Neracher
- directed by
- Giorgio Diritti
- Written by
- Giorgio Diritti, Fredo Valla
- Cinematography
- Benjamin Maier
- Editing
- Paolo Cottignola
- Location Sound Mix
- Patrick Becker
- Re-Recording Mix
- Francesco Tumminello
- Music
- Marco Biscarini
Cast
Franz Rogowski
Christophe Sermet
Valentina Bellè
Noémi Besedes
Cecilia Steiner
Joel Basman
Philippe Graber
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- True Colours
Worldwide Distribution
- Australia
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Palace Films
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Stars Media
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Imovision
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Beta Film Ltd
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Stars Media
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01 Distribution
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Release date: 09.11.2023 - Montenegro
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Stars Media
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Outsider Films Lda
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Stars Media
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Stars Media
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- Spain
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Filmin
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Swallow Wings FIlm Co.
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Festivals
(a selection)
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Thessaloniki, 64th Thessaloniki International Film Festival
02.11.2023 - 12.11.2023 -
Chicago, 59th Chicago International Film Festival
11.10.2023 - 22.10.2023 -
London, 67th BFI London Film Festival
04.10.2023 - 15.10.2023 -
Zurich, 19. Zurich Film Festival
28.09.2023 - 08.10.2023 -
Venice, 80° Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica - La Biennale di Venezia
30.08.2023 - 09.09.2023